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[Letter from Emma Davis to John C. Brewer, May 11, 1879]

Description: Letter from Emma Davis to John C. Brewer including lines from a poem or song. The letter also discusses Emma visiting with John's parents.
Date: May 11, 1879
Creator: Davis, Emma
Partner: Private Collection of Melvin E. Brewer

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 22 May 1879

Description: Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: May 11, 1879
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Partner: University of Houston Libraries' Special Collections

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 11 March 1879

Description: Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: March 11, 1879
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Partner: University of Houston Libraries' Special Collections

[Letter from John Childer to J. D. Giddings - September 11, 1877]

Description: Letter from John Childer to Hon. J.D. Giddings. Contains details about plans to raise the money to create a law department at Soule University and seeks the advice of J.D. Giddings.
Date: September 11, 1877
Creator: Childer, John
Partner: Southwestern University

[Letter from Ferdinand Louis Huth to Valentin Haas, March 11, 1877]

Description: Letter from [Ferdinand] Louis Huth to Valentin Haas regarding a financial matter involving Naegelin. He also briefly discusses the likelihood of selling some of his land. Signed Louis Huth on March 11, 1877 in San Antonio.
Date: March 11, 1877
Creator: Huth, Louis
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Letters from Bettie Franklin, Matilda Dodd, and William Dodd to Mary Moore, March 11, 1876]

Description: A letter to Mary Moore from her sister, Bettie Franklin, and her mother, Matilda Dodd. In the letter, Franklin tells Moore about the birth of her son. She tells Moore that she has not yet named the child and asks Moore to suggest a name. Dodd and Franklin both discuss the weather and the state of the farm. Franklin closes by sending her regards to Moore's husband, Charles B. Moore. In a separate letter from Moore's father, William Dodd, William talks about the weather and the state of the famil… more
Date: March 11, 1876
Creator: Franklin, Bettie; Dodd, Matilda & Dodd, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, March 11, 1875]

Description: Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his wife, Junia Roberts Osterhout. He commented that he had not received letters from home recently and wished to receive news from his wife. John purchased a pony for their son, Jeremiah, and planned to have it sent back while he continued to travel for business.
Date: March 11, 1875
Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson
Partner: Austin College

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 11 June 1873

Description: Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: June 11, 1873
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Partner: University of Houston Libraries' Special Collections

[Letter from E. D. Pitts to J. D. Giddings - November 11, 1872]

Description: Letter from E. D. Pitts to Col. J. D. Giddings. Pitts asks Giddings to send him $30.83 and explains that he wants to remit his life insurance premium payment. He will repay Giddings by next Saturday. Also, Pitts and his wife will visit Brenham next Saturday, and on Sunday Pitts will preach. He informs Giddings that Louise and Annie are doing well at Chappell Hill Female College and suggests that Annie take up music lessons.
Date: November 11, 1872
Creator: Pitts, E. D.
Partner: Southwestern University

[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Sarah Osterhout, July 11, 1872]

Description: Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his mother, Sarah Osterhout. He wrote to tell his mother that he would be unable to visit this year and spoke of how his family had been. The letter finishes with news regarding the frontier. John wrote that Indians raided nearby areas and took horses.
Date: July 11, 1872
Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson
Partner: Austin College

[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, February 11, 1872]

Description: Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his wife, Junia Roberts Osterhout. He was a district judge that was traveling to perform court. He wrote of temperance meetings that were being held in what he considered lawless parts of the country. Pledges were being signed to abstain from alcohol and he told his wife that future temperance meetings were being planned.
Date: February 11, 1872
Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson
Partner: Austin College

[Letter to Orceneth Asbury Fisher, from Orceneth Fisher]

Description: Letter from O. Fisher to his son, O.A. Fisher, discussing his recent and upcoming travels and reports of many successful conversions to the Methodist Church.
Date: October 11, 1871
Creator: Fisher, Orceneth, 1803-1880
Partner: Southwestern University

[Letter from William G. Giddings to D. C. Giddings - May 11, 1871]

Description: Letter from William Giddings to his uncle D.C. Giddings. William discusses his indecision about whether to work on the farm as his uncle suggested or continue with his studies at Soule University. He says that he could, if needed, work during the day and study at night. Next, he talks about the University Stylus school newspaper that includes his name in a list of students who got distinctions and promises to send his uncle a copy. Finally, William says that half of the money raised by the conc… more
Date: May 11, 1871
Creator: Giddings, William G.
Partner: Southwestern University

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

Description: The eleventh in a series of eleven letters to Lucadia Pease from E.M. Pease—in them he discusses, among other things, yellow-fever and typhoid epidemics.
Date: November 11, 1870
Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 11 January 1870

Description: Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: January 11, 1870
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Partner: University of Houston Libraries' Special Collections
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