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Box 1

 Container

Contains 9 Results:

Note from Iredell D. Thomas at San Augustine to David Rusk about a payment being made by Lewis Knight, 9/7/1838*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 102, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The majority of this collection consists of accounts, bills, advertising circulars, county records, correspondence, notes, postcards, promissory notes, and receipts addressed to David Rusk or his son John Rusk. 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...
Dates: 9/7/1838*

Letter from Benjamin A. Vansickle to David Rusk about collecting a debt from Mr. Lewis, 4/23/1844

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 102, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The majority of this collection consists of accounts, bills, advertising circulars, county records, correspondence, notes, postcards, promissory notes, and receipts addressed to David Rusk or his son John Rusk. 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...
Dates: 4/23/1844

Letter from Benjamin A. Vansickle in Rusk Co. to David Rusk about debts he owes to James Walling. Vansickle asks Rusk to help collect on a debt owed by Mr. Lewis or for Rusk to lend him some of his own money, 8/1845*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 102, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The majority of this collection consists of accounts, bills, advertising circulars, county records, correspondence, notes, postcards, promissory notes, and receipts addressed to David Rusk or his son John Rusk. 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...
Dates: 8/1845*

Letter from James Smith at Henderson to David Rusk at Nacogdoches informing Rusk that he needs to go to Shreveport and pick up some cattle before coming to Nacogdoches to settle a bill, 1/4/1846

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 102, Item: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The majority of this collection consists of accounts, bills, advertising circulars, county records, correspondence, notes, postcards, promissory notes, and receipts addressed to David Rusk or his son John Rusk. 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...
Dates: 1/4/1846

Letter from Robert W. Smith to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about a sick child and almost having saved enough money to pay back a debt owed to Rusk, 1/10/1848

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 102, Item: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The majority of this collection consists of accounts, bills, advertising circulars, county records, correspondence, notes, postcards, promissory notes, and receipts addressed to David Rusk or his son John Rusk. 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...
Dates: 1/10/1848

Claim by David Rusk against the estate of Robert F. Millard for unpaid deliveries of pork and potatoes from 1846, 3/23/1848

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 102, Item: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The majority of this collection consists of accounts, bills, advertising circulars, county records, correspondence, notes, postcards, promissory notes, and receipts addressed to David Rusk or his son John Rusk. 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...
Dates: 3/23/1848

Letter from L. Noble to David Rusk asking Rusk if he can help pay off the account of Robert W. Smith, 3/27/1848

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 102, Item: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The majority of this collection consists of accounts, bills, advertising circulars, county records, correspondence, notes, postcards, promissory notes, and receipts addressed to David Rusk or his son John Rusk. 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...
Dates: 3/27/1848

Note from Adolphus Sterne to David Rusk asking if Rusk could lend him some money for his trip to Galveston, 7/12/1848

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 102, Item: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The majority of this collection consists of accounts, bills, advertising circulars, county records, correspondence, notes, postcards, promissory notes, and receipts addressed to David Rusk or his son John Rusk. 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...
Dates: 7/12/1848

Correspondence about financial matters, 1838 - 1848

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 102
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The majority of this collection consists of accounts, bills, advertising circulars, county records, correspondence, notes, postcards, promissory notes, and receipts addressed to David Rusk or his son John Rusk. 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...
Dates: 1838 - 1848