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[Certificate of Appointment to Postmaster for John Patterson Osterhout] (open access)

[Certificate of Appointment to Postmaster for John Patterson Osterhout]

Certificate of appointment to Postmaster by President Chester Alan Arthur for John Patterson Osterhout. The certificate was signed by the President and the Postmaster General, Walter Q. Gresham. It certified John to work as Postmaster in Belton, Texas.
Date: May 15, 1884
Creator: Arthur, Chester Alan
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E. B. Convers to his Cousin, August 15, 1884] (open access)

[Letter from E. B. Convers to his Cousin, August 15, 1884]

Letter from E. B. Convers to his cousin regarding a matter that has upset him. The full details of the event are unclear and he moved on to write about his work in the office and about his ideas for his next summer vacation.
Date: August 15, 1884
Creator: Convers, E. B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from F. M. Law to William McKinley, February 15, 1897] (open access)

[Letter from F. M. Law to William McKinley, February 15, 1897]

Letter from F. M. Law to President William McKinley regarding John Patterson Osterhout applying for postmaster in Belton, Texas. He gives John a high amount of praise and states that he has the support of the administration of Baylor College.
Date: February 15, 1897
Creator: Law, F. M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, October 15, 1880] (open access)

[Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, October 15, 1880]

Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout. She wrote to update her mother on her school life. Gertrude informed her mother why she was taking a small course load, the high housekeeping standards at the boarding house, and the food that one of the women there makes for them. She requested that her mother send her some things and tell her brother, Paul, to write more often.
Date: October 15, 1880
Creator: Osterhout, Gertrude
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Junia Roberts Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout, November 15, 1871] (open access)

[Letter from Junia Roberts Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout, November 15, 1871]

Letter from Junia Roberts Osterhout to her husband, John Patterson Osterhout. She wrote about how their son, Paul, had been feeling ill recently and that their other children were feeling fine. Included in the letter were pieces of daily news.
Date: November 15, 1871
Creator: Osterhout, Junia Roberts
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History