[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, February 11, 1872] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, February 11, 1872]

Creator

  • Author: Osterhout, John Patterson
    Creator Type: Personal

Date

  • Creation: 1872-02-11

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his wife, Junia Roberts Osterhout. He was a district judge that was traveling to perform court. He wrote of temperance meetings that were being held in what he considered lawless parts of the country. Pledges were being signed to abstain from alcohol and he told his wife that future temperance meetings were being planned.
  • Physical Description: [3] p. ; 25 x 39 cm., folded to 25 x 20 cm.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Correspondence
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Osterhout, John Patterson, 1826-1903.
  • Named Person: Osterhout, Junia Roberts, d. 1897
  • Keyword: temperance
  • Keyword: temperance movements
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Government and Law - Elected Officials - County Judges
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Travel

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Coverage Date: 1872-02-11
  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Comanche County - Comanche
  • Time Period: cat-bom

Collection

  • Name: Osterhout Papers
    Code: OSTERH

Institution

  • Name: Austin College
    Code: ASTC

Resource Type

  • Letter

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: ASTC_002-044-13
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth255360
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