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[Letter from A. Rilley to Junia Roberts Osterhout, May 7, 1896] (open access)

[Letter from A. Rilley to Junia Roberts Osterhout, May 7, 1896]

Letter from A. Rilley to her friend, Junia Roberts Osterhout, discussing local news and pensions. Rilley wanted Junia's husband to investigate whether she qualified for a pension since he was running for a position in Congress and might know more. She wrote of others who had received pensions in Texas, including veterans and family members, and about two women she had renting her home.
Date: May 7, 1896
Creator: Rilley, A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Camilla Wallace to Charles B. Moore, May 10, 1896] (open access)

[Letter from Camilla Wallace to Charles B. Moore, May 10, 1896]

Letter from Camilla Wallace to Charles B. Moore in which she discusses the William Boyd family. She says she met "Auntie" and was impressed. She says that she has never known anyone else that old. She says that Mollie Moore and family are living on a coffee plantation in Mexico. She says she the fruit grown in Grand Junction, Colorado are the source of most of the funds in the valley. Camilla requests the last letter her father wrote the last day of his life that is in the possession of Charles Moore. She thanks Charles Moore for the family history he sent to her.
Date: May 10, 1896
Creator: Wallace, Camilla
System: The UNT Digital Library