Box 1
Container
Contains 8 Results:
Letter from John McCoy at Pocahontas, Arkansas to David Rusk at Nacogdoches inquiring about men that they served with at the Battle of San Jacinto in the Hayden Arnold’s 1st Infantry Co., 2nd Regiment of Volunteers. Includes business card and envelope, 8/3/1875
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 117, 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:
8/3/1875
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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David Rusk
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Military matters
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Box 1
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Veteran claims
Letter from John McCoy at Pocahontas, Arkansas to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting him know he will be passing through town on his way to Austin to see about receiving a Texas Revolution service pension. McCoy had not heard back from his August letter and feared Rusk was dead, 11/27/1875
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 117, 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:
11/27/1875
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Military matters
/
Box 1
/
Veteran claims
Letter from Winn Nettles at Houston to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk to sign an affidavit that he served with him after the Battle of San Jacinto so that he can receive a state pension. Includes envelope, 8/16/1876
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 117, 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:
8/16/1876
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Military matters
/
Box 1
/
Veteran claims
Letter from A. T. Edwards at Prairie Valley in Hill Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking him if he will prepare papers stating that John C. Walling served with him so that Walling’s widow can receive a Texas Revolution pension, 10/6/1876*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 117, 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:
10/6/1876*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Military matters
/
Box 1
/
Veteran claims
Two-page letter from Horatio Durst at Centerville to David Rusk asking for help proving that his father John Durst served in the Texas Revolution. Any information Rusk has will help Horatio’s mother Harriet Durst receive the Texas Revolution service pension entitled to her late husband, 3/31/1877*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 117, 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:
3/31/1877*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Military matters
/
Box 1
/
Veteran claims
Petition by Alfred M. Hallmark of Houston Co. for a Texas Revolution pension. The affidavit section of the document was lists David Rusk, 1877
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 117, 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:
1877
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Military matters
/
Box 1
/
Veteran claims
Partial letter (3 pages) from E. P. Wright in Alabama to David Rusk summarizing his life since getting wounded in the Texas Revolution, asking Rusk if he remembers serving with him and requesting that if does Rusk does remember that he send documentation so that Wright can receive a Texas Revolution service pension, c.1870s*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 117, 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:
c.1870s*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Military matters
/
Box 1
/
Veteran claims
Veteran claims, 1875-1877
File — Box: 1, Folder: 117
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:
1875-1877
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Military matters
/
Box 1
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