[Bexar County Store License No. 947 for Mrs. Reed, January 1865] (open access)

[Bexar County Store License No. 947 for Mrs. Reed, January 1865]

Bexar County, Texas store license no. 947 for Mrs. Reed. The license gave Mrs. Reed the ability to own a store in Bexar county from January 1, 1865 to January 1, 1866.
Date: 1865-01-01~
Creator: Bexar County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lizzie Roberts to Junia Roberts Osterhout, January 12, 1861] (open access)

[Letter from Lizzie Roberts to Junia Roberts Osterhout, January 12, 1861]

Letter from Lizzie Roberts to her sister, Junia Roberts Osterhout, discussing Junia's health, the possibility of war, and other news of family and friends. She says that she has become "dissatisfied" with where she lives and would like to go home to the North.
Date: January 12, 1861
Creator: Roberts, Lizzie
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elvira Spurgin to Bettie Wade, January 28, 1868] (open access)

[Letter from Elvira Spurgin to Bettie Wade, January 28, 1868]

Letter from Elvira Spurgin to Bettie Wade discussing recent news of family and friends. She mentions that the weather has been very cold in Belton, and she has some new boarders. Someone named Loraine had typhoid fever.
Date: January 28, 1868
Creator: Spurgin, Elvira
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[General Pass for John Patterson Osterhout] (open access)

[General Pass for John Patterson Osterhout]

General pass for John Patterson Osterhout from the Provost Marshal General's Office. The pass allowed John to travel in Texas under oath that he would not leak any information about the Confederate States of America.
Date: January 16, 1865
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, January 24, 1864] (open access)

[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, January 24, 1864]

Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his wife, Junia Roberts Osterhout, discussing his time with the Confederate Army. He was grateful to receive her letters from home and detailed the marches that he had been enduring. Like many of the other men felt unwell, he felt unwell, and they were preparing for battle when he concluded the first part of his letter. The second part was written the next day after the soldier's new camp had been secured. The men were living off of a diet of oysters that day and John thought they might be reorganizing later that month. He wished he could see his children, especially his eldest son, Paul Osterhout, and hoped they would stay safe.
Date: January 24, 1864
Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, January 24, 1864] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, January 24, 1864]

Transcript of letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his wife, Junia Roberts Osterhout, discussing his time with the Confederate Army. He was grateful to receive her letters from home and detailed the marches that he had been enduring. Like many of the other men, he felt unwell, and they were preparing for battle when he concluded the first part of his letter. The second part was written the next day after the soldier's new camp had been secured. The men were living off of a diet of oysters that day and John thought they might be reorganizing later that month. He wished he could see his children, especially his eldest son, Paul Osterhout, and hoped they would stay safe.
Date: January 24, 1864
Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History