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Box 1

 Container

Contains 5 Results:

Letter from collection agents Goodman and Earle at Tyler to David Rusk at Nacogdoches confirming receipt of a promissory note given to Rusk by Robert S. Patton in 1852. Includes envelope, 3/2/1855

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 107, 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: 3/2/1855

Letter from Robert S. Patton in Smith Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking for more time before the collection on the debt case Rusk just won in court against Patton. Patton suggests he can get money from the cotton-carrying flat boats he builds and navigates down the Sabine River, 11/5/1855

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 107, 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: 11/5/1855

Note from collection agents Goodman and Earle to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting Rusk know they have collected Robert S. Patton’s debt. Includes envelope, 6/16/1856

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 107, 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: 6/16/1856

Letter from collection agents Goodman and Earle at Tyler to David Rusk at Nacogdoches notifying Rusk the amount of commission due for collecting Robert S. Patton’s debt, 7/17/1856

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 107, 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: 7/17/1856

Robert S. Patton, 1855-1856

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 107
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: 1855-1856