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[Postcard from Ora Osterhout to the Osterhout Family, July 18, 1888]

Postcard from Ora Osterhout to her family discussing recent events. She wrote on two separate postcards, and they are both addressed to Mr. J. P. Osterhout in Belton, Texas. There is a postmark for Bellville, Texas, but the date cannot be read clearly.

Date: July 18, 1888

Creator: Osterhout, Ora

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout, January 23, 1988]

Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout. Paul wrote his father a short letter to provide an update on what had happened locally after his after his father had left. The letter touched upon some of Paul's communications, local church service attendance, and someone he saw recently.

Date: January 23, 1888

Creator: Osterhout, Paul

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Ora Osterhout to Paul Osterhout, May 6, 1886]

Letter from Ora Osterhout from Paul Osterhout. She wrote to tell her brother that she wanted to hear from him more often and what was happening with their family. She told him that Gertrude sent him some money and that their father might be able to send some too. Gertrude has been thinking about attending school in Independence and Ora wrote of a garden that they had started.

Date: May 6, 1886

Creator: Osterhout, Ora

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from John Jeremiah Osterhout to Paul Osterhout, April 13, 1886]

Letter from John Jeremiah Osterhout to Paul Osterhout. John, signed as Jerry, sent his brother a money order from him and Gertrude to help Paul.

Date: April 13, 1886

Creator: Osterhout, John Jeremiah

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Ora Osterhout to Paul Osterhout, March 30, 1886]

Letter from Ora Osterhout from Paul Osterhout. She wrote to tell Paul what had been happened at home. She included information about the weather and what family members had been doing such as how their father tried to fix their water pump and wanted to purchase more cows.

Date: March 30, 1886

Creator: Osterhout, Ora

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Ora Osterhout to Paul Osterhout, March 5, 1886]

Letter from Ora Osterhout to Paul Osterhout. Ora wrote to update Paul on what was happening at home. She informed him of the weather, her school work, and a change in attitude their brother has undergone after getting married.

Date: March 5, 1886

Creator: Osterhout, Ora

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from John Jeremiah Osterhout to Paul Osterhout, February 28, 1886]

Letter from John Jeremiah Osterhout to Paul Osterhout. He wrote his brother to update him on the affairs of their family. He informed Paul that their mother had recovered from being sick, a mutual acquaintance wants to go into the book business, a troupe that came through and performed, and other small events around the farm.

Date: February 28, 1886

Creator: Osterhout, John Jeremiah

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Ora Osterhout to Paul Osterhout, February 11, 1886]

Letter from Ora Osterhout to Paul Osterhout. She wrote to inform Paul that their mother had been sick in bed, but was starting to feel better. At the end of the letter, she included a message from Gertrude asking if Paul would fix Gertrude's watch again.

Date: February 11, 1886

Creator: Osterhout, Ora

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Paul Osterhout, January 6, 1886]

Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Paul Osterhout. Gertrude wrote to inform Paul about wedding preparations their family was helping to make. She also wrote that their father sold the stocks to a business he was involved in and might start up a small one of his own.

Date: January 6, 1886

Creator: Osterhout, Gertrude

Item Type: Letter

[Telegraph Message from R. P. Talley to Paul Osterhout, December 2, 1884]

Telegraph message from R. P. Talley to Paul Osterhout. Talley sent a short message to find out whether or not Paul received a letter Talley sent in March.

Date: December 2, 1884

Creator: Talley, R. P.

Item Type: Letter

[Telegraph Message from R. P. Talley to Paul Osterhout, April 16, 1884]

Telegraph message from R. P. Talley to Paul Osterhout. It reads: "If [s]plint ordered / not on the way yet / why."

Date: April 16, 1884

Creator: Talley, R. P.

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Ora Osterhout to Paul Osterhout, November 20, 1883]

Letter from Ora Osterhout to Paul Osterhout. Ora wrote Paul to update him on what has been going on at home since Paul's mother was unable to. She focused on small events involving family and friends and asked how Paul was doing in the cold climate of his new town.

Date: November 20, 1883

Creator: Osterhout, Ora

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Junia Roberts Osterhout to Paul Osterhout, October 19, 1881]

Letter from Junia Roberts Osterhout to her son, Paul Osterhout. She wrote to inform him that she would be sending him his winter coat and that she was unsure what Paul's father's plans were for when Paul would be attending his next session of school. She also requested that if Paul got sick, he return home.

Date: October 19, 1881

Creator: Osterhout, Junia

Item Type: Letter

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[Postcard from Ora Osterhout to the Osterhout Family, July 18, 1888]

[Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout, January 23, 1988]

[Letter from Ora Osterhout to Paul Osterhout, May 6, 1886]

[Letter from John Jeremiah Osterhout to Paul Osterhout, April 13, 1886]

[Letter from Ora Osterhout to Paul Osterhout, March 30, 1886]

[Letter from Ora Osterhout to Paul Osterhout, March 5, 1886]

[Letter from John Jeremiah Osterhout to Paul Osterhout, February 28, 1886]

[Letter from Ora Osterhout to Paul Osterhout, February 11, 1886]

[Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Paul Osterhout, January 6, 1886]

[Telegraph Message from R. P. Talley to Paul Osterhout, December 2, 1884]

[Telegraph Message from R. P. Talley to Paul Osterhout, April 16, 1884]

[Letter from Ora Osterhout to Paul Osterhout, November 20, 1883]

[Letter from Junia Roberts Osterhout to Paul Osterhout, October 19, 1881]