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[Acceptance Card for the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution for Ora Osterhout]

Acceptance card for the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution for Ora Osterhout. Her membership was officially accepted March 6, 1906 and is missing the signature of the recording secretary general.

Date: March 17, 1906

Creator: Daughters of the American Revolution

Item Type: Text

Partner: Austin College

[Application for Admission into the National Society United States Daughters of 1812 for May Patterson Osterhout]

Copy of application for admission into the National Society United States Daughters of 1812 for May Patterson Frear Osterhout. The papers include basic personal information about May and her ties to the organization. She applied for membership by right of descent from her grandfather and provided a trace through her genealogy back to him.

Date: November 3, 1922

Creator: Osterhout, May Patterson Frear

Item Type: Text

Partner: Austin College

[Application for the National Society United States Daughters of the American Revolution]

Application for membership to the National Society United States Daughters of the American Revolution for Ora Osterhout by claim of her relation to Jeremiah Osterhout. The application details her genealogy and Jeremiah's service during the American Revolution.

Date: March 3, 1906

Creator: Daughters of the American Revolution

Item Type: Text

Partner: Austin College

[Appointment of John Patterson Osterhout as Attorney to Hazel P. Ford]

Appointment of John Patterson Osterhout as Hazel P. Ford's attorney to allow him to receive bounty and law warrants that were due to Ford for military services. At the bottom of the document, a clerk verified that the statement was signed.

Date: November 23, 1854

Creator: Ford, Hazel P.

Item Type: Text

Partner: Austin College

[Business Card for John Patterson Osterhout]

Business card for John Patterson Osterhout, an attorney and collector of claims for Austin and surrounding counties. On the back of the card is a note concerning that if money was collected from a claim, it would be paid to someone while John would retain half as commission.

Date: March 3, 1854

Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson

Item Type: Text

Partner: Austin College

[Certificate of Appointment to Notary Public for John Patterson Osterhout]

Certificate of appointment to Notary Public by Charles Allen Culberson, governor of Texas, for John Patterson Osterhout. The certificate was signed by the Secretary of State and the governor of Texas. It allowed John to work in this office in Bell County.

Date: 1899~

Creator: Cuberson, Charles Allen

Item Type: Text

Partner: Austin College

[Certificate of Appointment to Notary Public for John Patterson Osterhout]

Certificate of appointment to Notary Public in Texas for John Patterson Osterhout signed by the Texas governor, Elisha M. Pease, and the Secretary of State, Edward Clark. In the center of the certificate is a hole that renders parts of it unreadable.

Date: August 28, 1854

Creator: Pease, Elisha M.

Item Type: Text

Partner: Austin College

[Certificate of Appointment to Notary Public for John Patterson Osterhout]

Certificate of appointment to Notary Public in Austin County, Texas for John Patterson Osterhout. The certificate was signed by the Texas governor, Hardin Runners Runnels, and the Secretary of State, J. S. Anderson.

Date: February 1, 1858

Creator: Runnels, Hardin Richard

Item Type: Text

Partner: Austin College

[Certificate of Appointment to Postmaster for John Patterson Osterhout]

Certificate of Appointment to Postmaster of Belton, Texas presented to John Patterson Osterhout. The document was signed by the president, Benjamin Harrison, and the postmaster general, John Wanamaker. He was able to hold the position until the end of the next session of the Senate.

Date: unknown

Creator: Wanamaker, John

Item Type: Text

Partner: Austin College

[Certificate of Appointment to Postmaster for John Patterson Osterhout]

Certificate of appointment to Postmaster by President Chester Alan Arthur for John Patterson Osterhout. The certificate was signed by the President and the Postmaster General, Walter Q. Gresham. It certified John to work as Postmaster in Belton, Texas.

Date: May 15, 1884

Creator: Arthur, Chester Alan

Item Type: Legal Document

Partner: Austin College

[Certificate of Payment]

Certificate of payment stating that E. H. Cantes was owed money and that John Patterson Osterhout, an attorney, would obtain the payment and receive half as commission. On the back the certificate says the payment was received in full on March 15, 1855.

Date: 1855

Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson

Item Type: Text

Partner: Austin College

[Certificate of Payment]

Certificate of payment stating that E. Collard was owed money and that John Patterson Osterhout, an attorney, would obtain the payment and receive half as commission. On the back the certificate says a payment was received January 26, 1855.

Date: unknown

Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson

Item Type: Text

Partner: Austin College

[Certificate of Payment]

Certificate of payment for J. Bird and the enlisted help of John Patterson Osterhout, an attorney, in collecting the debt. On the back of the certificate it states that the debt was paid in full on March 15, 1855. Included is a business card for John Patterson Osterhout. The card states he is an attorney for Bellville, Texas and on the back of the card is an agreement for another collection to be done by John.

Date: September 14, 1854

Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson

Item Type: Text

Partner: Austin College

[Certificate of the Election to Adjutant for John Patterson Osterhout]

Certificate of the election to adjutant of the 23rd Battalion of the Texas State Troops for John Patterson Osterhout. It was part of a rally for troops for the Civil War and the certificate was signed by the governor, Francis Richard Lubbock, and the Secretary of State.

Date: September 23, 1863

Creator: Lubbock, Francis Richard

Item Type: Text

Partner: Austin College

[Certificate of the Election to Justice of the Peace for John Patterson Osterhout]

Certificate of the election to the Justice of the Peace for John Patterson Osterhout signed by Texas governor Sam Houston and the Secretary of State.

Date: September 6, 1860

Creator: Houston, Sam

Item Type: Legal Document

Partner: Austin College

[Certificate of Voter Registration for John Patterson Osterhout]

Certificate of voter registration for John Patterson Osterhout in Austin county. Chief Justice of Austin county, C. B. Oney, testified that John fulfilled the oath of amnesty and John Campbell, county clerk, attested to the registration.

Date: October 31, 1865

Creator: Oney, C. B.

Item Type: Text

Partner: Austin College

[David Mitchell and Descendants]

Copy of "David Mitchell and Descendants" originally written by Thomas Mitchell, Jr. The manuscript starts with David Mitchell, possibly a Revolutionary soldier, and details what is known about his life and those of his descendants. The record ends with the marriage of his widow, Sarah Patterson Mitchell Frear, to Abraham Frear. It states that she was the mother and grandmother of many Frears and Mitchells in the family. After the record, there is a note about the original manuscript's author; i… more

Date: August 10, 1936

Creator: Osterhout, Ora

Item Type: Paper

Partner: Austin College

[Elector Registration in Belton, Texas for John Patterson Osterhout]

Elector registration in Belton, Texas for John Patterson Osterhout that certifies that John meets all the qualifications for being an elector. The registrar of voters, R. D. Kinney, signed to prove that the aforementioned information was correct on October 17, 1872.

Date: October 17, 1872

Creator: Kinney, R. D.

Item Type: Text

Partner: Austin College

[Envelope from Mrs. D. P. [W]arry to John Patterson Osterhout, February, 1899]

Envelope from Mrs. D. P. [W]arry in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania addressed to the Honorable John Patterson Osterhout in Belton, Texas.

Date: February 1899

Item Type: Text

Partner: Austin College

[Envelope to Junia Osterhout, October 20, 1879]

Envelope addressed to "Mrs. Junia Osterhout" in Falls, Pennsylvania. The stamp on the front is addressed Factoryville, PA on October 20, 1879.

Date: October 20, 1879

Item Type: Text

Partner: Austin College

[Envelope to Junia Roberts Osterhout, October 30, 1879]

Envelope addressed to "Mrs. J. P. Osterhout," Junia Roberts Osterhout, in Factoryville, Pennsylvania. The envelope is postmarked for October 30, 1879 from Belton, Texas.

Date: October 30, 1879

Item Type: Text

Partner: Austin College

[Extracts from Osterhout Family Letters]

The first extract is from Burgess Osterhout to May Patterson Frear Osterhout, referred to as Mrs. Paul Osterhout, discussing what he had found at the Osterhout library. He found their family coat of arms and promised to mail her a photo of it. The second letter fragment is from George E. Osterhout to May Patterson Frear Osterhout regarding a marker for Jeremiah Osterhout's wife, Juna Reno.

Date: January 24, 1931

Creator: Osterhout, Burgess & Osterhout, George E.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Austin College

[General Pass for John Patterson Osterhout]

General pass for John Patterson Osterhout from the Provost Marshal General's Office. The pass allowed John to travel in Texas under oath that he would not leak any information about the Confederate States of America.

Date: January 16, 1865

Item Type: Text

Partner: Austin College

Indian Affairs: Speech of Hon. Edward Degener, of Texas, delivered in the House of Representatives, January 21, 1871.

Text of a speech by a Texas Representative to the U.S. House of Representatives regarding acts committed by Indians against people living in certain counties of Texas, including the number of persons killed, injured, or kidnapped, and property stolen. The speech references a bill drafted to address the issue, titled "A bill for the better protection of the frontiers of Texas" and includes some dialogue with other Representatives.

Date: 1871

Creator: Degener, Edward, 1809-1890

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: Austin College

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[Acceptance Card for the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution for Ora Osterhout]

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[Application for the National Society United States Daughters of the American Revolution]

[Appointment of John Patterson Osterhout as Attorney to Hazel P. Ford]

[Business Card for John Patterson Osterhout]

[Certificate of Appointment to Notary Public for John Patterson Osterhout]

[Certificate of Appointment to Notary Public for John Patterson Osterhout]

[Certificate of Appointment to Notary Public for John Patterson Osterhout]

[Certificate of Appointment to Postmaster for John Patterson Osterhout]

[Certificate of Appointment to Postmaster for John Patterson Osterhout]

[Certificate of Payment]

[Certificate of Payment]

[Certificate of Payment]

[Certificate of the Election to Adjutant for John Patterson Osterhout]

[Certificate of the Election to Justice of the Peace for John Patterson Osterhout]

[Certificate of Voter Registration for John Patterson Osterhout]

[David Mitchell and Descendants]

[Elector Registration in Belton, Texas for John Patterson Osterhout]

[Envelope from Mrs. D. P. [W]arry to John Patterson Osterhout, February, 1899]

[Envelope to Junia Osterhout, October 20, 1879]

[Envelope to Junia Roberts Osterhout, October 30, 1879]

[Extracts from Osterhout Family Letters]

[General Pass for John Patterson Osterhout]

Indian Affairs: Speech of Hon. Edward Degener, of Texas, delivered in the House of Representatives, January 21, 1871.