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[Land Transfer Confirmation]

Notarized document confirming the finalization of a transfer of land from E. B. Gillespie, Mrs. M. E. Sayles, and John Sayles to Eleander Strawn.

Date: 1881~

Creator: King, Bingham

Item Type: Legal Document

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Roster of Employees in the General Land Office

Ledger contains lists of General Land Office employees, their job titles, and monthly earnings. Excerpted here are 98 pages covering January 1887-January 1891, which are the dates O. Henry was employed at the land office. W.S. Porter, later known as the writer O. Henry, is listed as draftsman, compiling draftsman and assistant draftsman, earning $100 per month. Porter's name appears on roughly half of the pages.

Date: 1881/1891

Creator: Texas. General Land Office.

Item Type: Text

Partner: Texas General Land Office

[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

Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center

[Deed Transfer from W. E. Beck to J. W. Lotspeich]

Legal document transferring a deed from W. E. Beck to J. W. Lotspeich, as the result of a court case, J. A. Baker vs. W. E. Beck.

Date: March 3, 1881