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'''F. W. O. Werry''', was a Dominion land surveyor in Ottawa. He came to Saranac Lake with tuberculosis, in the early 1900s, and he lived in the community for sixteen years. He apparently lived in the home next to [[D.%20C.%20Twichell|David Twichell]].

Mr. Werry is mentioned in a letter from Reverend Joseph Twichell to Mark Twain. On December 16, 1907, Twichell sent Twain "a photo of [[Robert%20Louis%20Stevenson|R. L. Stevenson]]'s house at Samoa, given me by the man who took it---Mr Werry, a Canadian, a traveler, at present a tuberculosis patient at Saranac Lake and lodging in the house next to Dave's. As you well knew Stevenson, it has seemed to me that the picture will be, not only interesting to you, but better placed in your hands than in mine." (From ''[[https://books.google.com/books?id=FM2uDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA395&lpg=PA395&dq=F.W.+O.+Werry&source=bl&ots=5szSD_94JG&sig=ACfU3U0-6YpsZ5agAGF99mozhXQRqYwFWw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQoZvBkLLjAhVSU80KHX0SC7QQ6AEwBHoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=F.W.%20O.%20Werry&f=false|The Letters of Mark Twain and Joseph Hopkins Twichell]],'' Bush, Courtney, Messent, editors.)