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[Certificate of the Election to Justice of the Peace for John Patterson Osterhout] (open access)

[Certificate of the Election to Justice of the Peace for John Patterson Osterhout]

Certificate of the election to the Justice of the Peace for John Patterson Osterhout signed by Texas governor Sam Houston and the Secretary of State.
Date: September 6, 1860
Creator: Houston, Sam
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout to Family, September 6, 1879] (open access)

[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout to Family, September 6, 1879]

Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his wife, Junia Roberts Osterhout, and children. He wrote his wife while she was away. He told her that their son, Paul, was house-sitting for someone in the neighborhood and had the unfortunate news that a woman's baby had died.
Date: September 6, 1879
Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History