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[Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout, February 23, 1881]

Letter from Paul Osterhout from John Patterson Osterhout. Paul updated his father on how he was doing in his studies and had nothing out of the usual to tell him. He mentioned letters and money her received from other family members.

Date: February 23, 1881

Creator: Osterhout, Paul

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Paul Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, April 18, 1881]

Letter from Paul Osterhout to his mother, Junia Roberts Osterhout. Paul wrote his mother to let her know of clothes he had bought and ones he would need sent to him by her. He told her of events going on in town, the local church, about money he has had to borrow, and his roommates that have the measles.

Date: April 18, 1881

Creator: Osterhout, Paul

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout, May 6, 1881]

Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout. Paul wrote his father to inform him that Paul had been selected to write and present a speech for school. In addition to this, he told his father about the state of his personal finances and other small events that happened in the city.

Date: May 6, 1881

Creator: Osterhout, Paul

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Paul Osterhout to Ora Osterhout, September 2, 1881]

Letter from Paul Osterhout to Ora Osterhout. Paul wrote his friend after receiving two letters from Ora. Paul informed him of the trains he had seen going by that day as he waits to go home and asked for information regarding mutual friends. He went on to write about miscellaneous bits of news he has read and other things he has seen at that station. Pages are labeled out of order.

Date: August 2, 1881

Creator: Osterhout, Paul

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Paul Osterhout to Osterhout Family, September 19, 1881]

Letter from Paul Osterhout to the Osterhout family. Paul wrote his family to update them on his life. He mentioned his financial difficulties, his need for winter clothes, a David Osterhout he heard of, and other small bits of news.

Date: September 19, 1881

Creator: Osterhout, Paul

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout, September 26, 1881]

Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout. He wrote to update his father about what had been happening. He mentioned a woman named Gertie, several of accidents involving trains, and his financial situation. He detailed the money he made working and what his expenses were for the month. The pages are numbered out of order.

Date: September 26, 1881

Creator: Osterhout, Paul

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson and Junia Roberts Osterhout, October 9, 1881]

Letter from Paul Osterhout to his parents, John Patterson and Junia Roberts Osterhout. He wrote about a ride atop a train's caboose he took, change in employment at the train station, and requested his parents send him his winter coat.

Date: October 9, 1881

Creator: Osterhout, Paul

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

[Letter from Paul Osterhout to Osterhout Family, October 23, 1881]

Letter from Paul Osterhout to Osterhout family. Paul wrote his family to inform them that he received the coat they sent and to tell them about his job at the train station. He included information about an assault that happened at the station and a lantern he stole to use on the way home.

Date: October 23, 1881

Creator: Osterhout, Paul

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson and Junia Roberts Osterhout, November 16, 1881]

Letter from Paul Osterhout to his parents, John Patterson and Junia Roberts Osterhout. He wrote to inform them that he planned to visit for a few weeks during the holidays and that he wanted his parents to get him new clothes during that time. In his letter, he detailed an accident between a train and the convict train in which a few convicts tried to make an escape.

Date: November 16, 1881

Creator: Osterhout, Paul

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson and Junia Roberts Osterhout, November 29, 1881]

Letter from Paul Osterhout to his parents, John Patterson and Junia Roberts Osterhout. Paul wrote his parents to update them on what he was doing at work, what his travel plans for the following month would be, and how homesick he has been feeling.

Date: November 29, 1881

Creator: Osterhout, Paul

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Paul Osterhout to Gertrude Osterhout, August 21, 1882]

Letter from Paul Osterhout to his sister, Gertrude Osterhout, about the new town he had settled into. He mentioned the dominant religion in the area was Methodist, that both blacks and whites lived there, and the locals cannot ride their buggies much due to the sand.

Date: August 21, 1882

Creator: Osterhout, Paul

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

[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

[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 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

[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 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, 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 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 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, 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 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 Paul Osterhout to Osterhout Family, January 7, 1901]

Letter from Paul Osterhout to the Osterhout Family. Paul sent a short letter to his family and informed them that his sister, Gertrude, was feeling better. Paul himself had something happen to his nose and was scheduled for an operation to get it fixed.

Date: January 7, 1901

Creator: Osterhout, Paul

Item Type: Letter

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

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