Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Collection: The Osterhout Papershttps://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/OSTERH/browse/?fq=untl_decade:1860-1869&fq=str_location_county:Harris+County,+TX&display=grid2012-10-29T10:13:25-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Collection: The Osterhout Papers[Soldier's Discharge Papers for John Patterson Osterhout]2012-10-29T10:13:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth255636/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth255636/"><img alt="[Soldier's Discharge Papers for John Patterson Osterhout]" title="[Soldier's Discharge Papers for John Patterson Osterhout]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth255636/small/"/></a></p><p>Soldier's discharge papers for John Patterson Osterhout due to his term of service expiring. He was discharged honorably from the army of the Confederate States on April 25, 1862. The document includes a basic description of his appearance and who he served under.</p>[General Pass for John Patterson Osterhout]2012-10-29T10:13:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth255637/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth255637/"><img alt="[General Pass for John Patterson Osterhout]" title="[General Pass for John Patterson Osterhout]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth255637/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>[Letter from Jennie to Bettie Wade, April 5, 1868]2012-08-17T10:24:51-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth244090/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth244090/"><img alt="[Letter from Jennie to Bettie Wade, April 5, 1868]" title="[Letter from Jennie to Bettie Wade, April 5, 1868]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth244090/small/"/></a></p><p>Letter from Jennie to Bettie Wade discussing her living situation in Houston, Texas, an upcoming trip to the North, the possibility of yellow fever in Houston during the summer, the hanging of an African American man who committed murder, and other news.</p>