[Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson and Junia Roberts Osterhout, November 16, 1881]

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Letter from Paul Osterhout to his parents, John Patterson and Junia Roberts Osterhout. He wrote to inform them that he planned to visit for a few weeks during the holidays and that he wanted his parents to get him new clothes during that time. In his letter, he detailed an accident between a train and the convict train in which a few convicts tried to make an escape.

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Osterhout, Paul November 16, 1881.

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Letter from Paul Osterhout to his parents, John Patterson and Junia Roberts Osterhout. He wrote to inform them that he planned to visit for a few weeks during the holidays and that he wanted his parents to get him new clothes during that time. In his letter, he detailed an accident between a train and the convict train in which a few convicts tried to make an escape.

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4 p. ; 21 x 13 cm. + 1 envelope (9 x 16 cm.)

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Osterhout, Paul. [Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson and Junia Roberts Osterhout, November 16, 1881], letter, November 16, 1881; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth243972/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.

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