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[Letter from Junia Roberts Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout, January 21, 1872]

Description: Letter from Junia Roberts Osterhout to her husband, John Patterson Osterhout. She wrote about work that was being done around their home, including gathering wood and field work. In the letter, she mentioned how she and the children were getting along while he was away and that she hoped he would return home soon.
Date: January 21, 1872
Creator: Osterhout, Junia Roberts
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Partner: Austin College

[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
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Partner: Austin College

[Letter, July 2, 1872]

Description: This document is from the Charels B. Moore Collection. It is a letter by Charles B. Moore that is badly torn and unintelligible. Keywords deciphered from the visible writing include: Ziza, bushel weight, thrasher weight, number of bushels which was 38, Rowlett Creek, wheat, Baltimore, cotton prospects, emigration, Henry and Clarence, and Mill. In the letter's closing, Moore states that the receipeint should write to him and Ziza.
Date: July 2, 1872
Creator: Moore, Charles B.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Vica Watts to Effie Watts Rector, March 24, 1872]

Description: Letter from Vica Watts, to her sister, Effie Watts Rector discussing the passing of their mother. Vica was there for the last moments since others couldn't be there. A lot is changing in Virginia, slowly but surely, and many have left to find work elsewhere. While some have left and don't contact much or a few still aren't married yet.
Date: March 24, 1872
Creator: Watts, Vica
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Partner: McWhiney History Education Group
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