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[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Gertrude Osterhout, December 4, 1880] (open access)

[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Gertrude Osterhout, December 4, 1880]

Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his daughter, Gertrude Osterhout, discussing life at home. He wrote of a child that had died and that some of the family had gone to the burial. He then discussed in his letter how Gertrude and her brother, Paul, would be returning home.
Date: December 4, 1880
Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Paul Osterhout, June 04, 1880] (open access)

[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Paul Osterhout, June 04, 1880]

Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his son, Paul Osterhout, discussing work. John was writing from his place of work, the post office, and gave Paul some advice regarding how he should go about receiving work from "G. O." John hoped to send his son to school at Baylor in the fall and promised to write again later.
Date: June 4, 1880
Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson
System: The Portal to Texas History