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[Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson and Junia Roberts Osterhout, November 16, 1881] (open access)

[Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson and Junia Roberts Osterhout, November 16, 1881]

Letter from Paul Osterhout to his parents, John Patterson and Junia Roberts Osterhout. He wrote to inform them that he planned to visit for a few weeks during the holidays and that he wanted his parents to get him new clothes during that time. In his letter, he detailed an accident between a train and the convict train in which a few convicts tried to make an escape.
Date: November 16, 1881
Creator: Osterhout, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson and Junia Roberts Osterhout, November 29, 1881] (open access)

[Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson and Junia Roberts Osterhout, November 29, 1881]

Letter from Paul Osterhout to his parents, John Patterson and Junia Roberts Osterhout. Paul wrote his parents to update them on what he was doing at work, what his travel plans for the following month would be, and how homesick he has been feeling.
Date: November 29, 1881
Creator: Osterhout, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson and Junia Roberts Osterhout, November 3, 1881] (open access)

[Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson and Junia Roberts Osterhout, November 3, 1881]

Letter from Paul Osterhout to his parents, John Patterson and Junia Roberts Osterhout, about his work in Lovelady, Texas He wrote about telegraphing and the train station in town. A large group of soldiers and a convict train passed through town recently. He asked how the family's livestock were doing with the danger the train in town posed to the animals.
Date: November 3, 1881
Creator: Osterhout, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833] (open access)

[Copy of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833]

Copy of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833, to sell eleven leagues of land in Texas. This is a typed translation that was filed in Houston County in 1905.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Valle, Fernando del
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy #2 of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833] (open access)

[Copy #2 of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833]

Copy of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833, to sell eleven leagues of land in Texas. This is a typed translation that was filed in Houston County in 1905.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Valle, Fernando del & Oca, Pedro Mones De
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from parolee/inmate to T. N. Carswell - November 20, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from parolee/inmate to T. N. Carswell - November 20, 1954]

A letter addressed to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Chairman, Taylor County Parole Board, from a parolee/inmate in Weldon, Texas, dated Saturday, November 20, 1954. Subject 108,345 describes prison life, its effects on his health and advises that he is doing very well.
Date: November 20, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lloyd Smith to Daniel W. Kempner, November 18, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Lloyd Smith to Daniel W. Kempner, November 18, 1953]

Letter from Lloyd H. Smith to Daniel W. Kempner accepting his invitation to the annual Kempner family barbecue.
Date: November 18, 1953
Creator: Smith, Lloyd H.
System: The Portal to Texas History