[Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout, November 30, 1881]

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Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout. She wrote a short letter to her father and told him of her high marks at school. Gertrude told him how anxious she was to return home for Christmas. On the back of the letter is a monthly report from Baylor Female College with her marks for the month of November.

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Osterhout, Gertrude November 30, 1881.

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Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout. She wrote a short letter to her father and told him of her high marks at school. Gertrude told him how anxious she was to return home for Christmas. On the back of the letter is a monthly report from Baylor Female College with her marks for the month of November.

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[2] p. ; 10 x 16 cm.

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The Osterhout family papers consist of an extensive collection of official documents, postcards, and letters. John Patterson Osterhout published The Bellville Countryman and was influential in the area.

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  • November 30, 1881

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Osterhout, Gertrude. [Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout, November 30, 1881], letter, November 30, 1881; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth244040/: 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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