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[Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout, May 6, 1881]
Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout. Paul wrote his father to inform him that Paul had been selected to write and present a speech for school. In addition to this, he told his father about the state of his personal finances and other small events that happened in the city.
Date:
May 6, 1881
Creator:
Osterhout, Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ora Osterhout to Paul Osterhout, May 6, 1886]
Letter from Ora Osterhout from Paul Osterhout. She wrote to tell her brother that she wanted to hear from him more often and what was happening with their family. She told him that Gertrude sent him some money and that their father might be able to send some too. Gertrude has been thinking about attending school in Independence and Ora wrote of a garden that they had started.
Date:
May 6, 1886
Creator:
Osterhout, Ora
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Ora and Junia Roberts Osterhout, May 11, 1881]
Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Ora and Junia Roberts Osterhout. She wrote to update her sisters about her life at school. Gertrude talked briefly about some of the lessons she has, a wedding she attended, and the bad table manners of the other girls in her boarding house. She spoke of shoes she had purchased and girls that reminded her of her sisters.
Date:
May 11, 1881
Creator:
Osterhout, Gertrude
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, May 16, 1881]
Photocopy of a letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout. She wrote to her mother to update her on her life at school. She spoke of how excited she was to go home, a trip to a nearby town she made with the boys, and a list of items she needed her mother to send.
Date:
May 16, 1881
Creator:
Osterhout, Gertrude
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, May 29, 1881]
Photocopy of a letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout. She wrote home to update her mother on her life at school. Gertrude detailed to her mother some of the end-of-session events that would be happening for commencement and final examinations. She wrote of some girls who had fallen sick and a contest she had entered to win a poetry book.
Date:
May 29, 1881
Creator:
Osterhout, Gertrude
System:
The Portal to Texas History