2 Matching Results

Results open in a new window/tab.

[Letter from Mary P. and H. J. Chamberlin to Ora Osterhout, January 21, 1882] (open access)

[Letter from Mary P. and H. J. Chamberlin to Ora Osterhout, January 21, 1882]

Letter from Mary P and H. J. Chamberlin to Ora Osterhout regarding news she had heard from the Osterhouts. Mary appreciated hearing from the family and told Ora that they should take good care of their mother. She included other small bits of gossip. Her husband wrote his own brief letter on the back and expressed his gratitude for the Osterhouts.
Date: January 21, 1882
Creator: Chamberlin, Mary P. & Chamberlin, H. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Paul Osterhout to Gertrude Osterhout, August 21, 1882] (open access)

[Letter from Paul Osterhout to Gertrude Osterhout, August 21, 1882]

Letter from Paul Osterhout to his sister, Gertrude Osterhout, about the new town he had settled into. He mentioned the dominant religion in the area was Methodist, that both blacks and whites lived there, and the locals cannot ride their buggies much due to the sand.
Date: August 21, 1882
Creator: Osterhout, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History