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Box 1

 Container

Contains 848 Results:

March 1840 promissory note from David Rusk and Daniel Lacy to Jesus Flores for $75. David Rusk made payments from 1841-1844, 1/13/1844*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 88, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 1/13/1844*

Promissory note from David Rusk to John Blackburn for $25.41, 4/11/1846

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 88, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 4/11/1846

Promissory note from David Rusk to P. U. Ford & Co. for $18.38, 1/1/1847

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 88, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 1/1/1847

Promissory note from David Rusk to F. C. Barret for $10.38, 1/8/1847

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 88, Item: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 1/8/1847

Promissory note from David Rusk to Chevallier and Barret for $35.34, 2/8/1852

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 88, Item: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 2/8/1852

Promissory note from David Rusk to M. G. Whitaker for $13.13, 1/7/1862

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 88, Item: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 1/7/1862

Promissory note from David Rusk to J. H. Muckleroy for $15.58, 1/27/1862

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 88, Item: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 1/27/1862

Promissory note from William M. Old for $10, 2/29/1862

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 88, Item: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 2/29/1862

Note from W. M. Swift to David Rusk about collecting on a promissory note Rusk gave to C. N. Bell, 10/24/1867*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 88, Item: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 10/24/1867*

Letter from W. W. Wingfield at Nacogdoches to David Rusk asking him to pay back the debt he owes Wingfield, either in cash or the equivalent value of cotton. Wingfield also asks if Rusk, in his capacity as Sheriff, can expedite the execution Wingfield has against Manuel, 11/28/1841*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 89, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 11/28/1841*

Letter from Charles F. McClarty at Austin to David Rusk about McClarty taking over a debt Rusk previously agreed to pay the court of Judge Norton for a man named Bob Smith, 3/4/1846

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 89, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 3/4/1846

Letter from W. W. Wingfield to David Rusk asking him if he can pay back some of his debt. Wingfield needs the money to buy freight from the Natchitoches wagons and settle his own debt with Mr. Whitaker, 6/19/1847*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 89, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 6/19/1847*

Receipt from Dr. R. A. Irion to David Rusk for medical care provided to Rusk’s family from March-June 1849. Includes envelope, 12/13/1849

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 90, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 12/13/1849

Receipt from Dr. R. A. Irion to David Rusk for family medical care, 1852

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 90, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 1852

Receipt from Dr. R. A. Irion to David Rusk for family medical care, 9/3/1854

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 90, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 9/3/1854

Partial account of David Rusk with doctor W. P. Fears for 1875, c.1876*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 90, Item: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: c.1876*

Receipt from doctor W. P. Fears at Nacogdoches to David Rusk for paying his account, c.1870s*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 90, Item: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: c.1870s*

Homeopathic remedy prescribed to David Rusk’s son by doctor R. A. Irion, Undated*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 90, Item: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: Event: The Thomas J. Rusk Letters (59 originals, 1 photocopy) were loaned from 6/24/1975 to early 2005.; Event: Purchased by the University 9/26/2016.; Event: Purchased materials received by the ETRC 10/10/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 10/24/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 1/23/2017.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 3/15/2017.

Homeopathic remedy for fever prescribed to David Rusk’s daughter Mary by doctor R. A. Irion, Undated*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 90, Item: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: Event: The Thomas J. Rusk Letters (59 originals, 1 photocopy) were loaned from 6/24/1975 to early 2005.; Event: Purchased by the University 9/26/2016.; Event: Purchased materials received by the ETRC 10/10/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 10/24/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 1/23/2017.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 3/15/2017.

Receipt from H. Warfield to David Rusk for hiring-out the slave Alford for 43 days, 2/9/1840*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 91, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 2/9/1840*