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- [Petition Related to the Fisher Estate]
- Legal petition related to the estate of minors Alexander P. and Minerva P. Fisher (wards of Austin County) from their trustees, describing costs related to their care and requesting additional funds due to special circumstances (laid out in the text). A statement at the end indicates that the petition was accepted by the Court.
- [Bellville Town Meeting Minutes, January 18, 1858]
- Minutes of the Bellville, Texas Town Meeting on January 18, 1858, which was called in memory of the recently deceased Thomas Bell, "the father of Bellville," who arrived in Texas in 1822 and settled in Austin's Colony and served under Ben Milam during the Texas Revolution.
- [Letter from Ann Roberts to Junia Roberts Osterhout, April 24, 1859]
- Letter from Ann Roberts to her sister, Junia Roberts Osterhout, discussing family news.
- [Letter from Junia Roberts Osterhout to Mary Roberts, June 24, 1859]
- Letter from Junia Roberts Osterhout to her sister, Mary Roberts, discussing the death of Mary's husband, the birth of her baby, and other news.
- [Letter from Junia Roberts Osterhout to Ann Roberts, September 1, 1859]
- Letter from Junia Roberts Osterhout to her sister, Ann Roberts, discussing the possibility of Ann coming to liver with the Osterhouts in Texas. Junia says that she thinks Ann would easily find a husband there.