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[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, February 11, 1872] (open access)

[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, February 11, 1872]

Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his wife, Junia Roberts Osterhout. He was a district judge that was traveling to perform court. He wrote of temperance meetings that were being held in what he considered lawless parts of the country. Pledges were being signed to abstain from alcohol and he told his wife that future temperance meetings were being planned.
Date: February 11, 1872
Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, November 12, 1872] (open access)

[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, November 12, 1872]

Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his wife, Junia Roberts Osterhout. He wrote her to let her know how he had been on his travels and where he was headed next. Included is an envelope addressed to Mrs. J. P. Osterhout.
Date: November 12, 1872
Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson
System: The Portal to Texas History