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Box 1

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Contains 6 Results:

Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches describing the sectionalism in the House of Representatives culminating in the election of Nathaniel Banks Speaker of the House. The abolitionist Know-Nothing, or “Mongrel Party” as Rusk calls them, all voted for Banks while Southern members voted for William Aiken, Jr. Rusk also describes the fight between Horace Greeley and Albert Rust, 1/3/1856

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14, 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: 1/3/1856

Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches telling David to read an article about Chinese sugar cane (seeds no longer enclosed), 2/11/1856

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14, 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: 2/11/1856

Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches sending him another set of Chinese sugar cane seeds (seeds no longer enclosed). Thomas also mentions that Millard Fillmore has gotten the Know-Nothing’s Presidential nomination and that Sam Houston is disappointed, 2/29/1856

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14, 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: 2/29/1856

Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches telling David that Millard Fillmore received the Know-Nothing’s Presidential nomination and that Thomas is having a copy of the Washington Weekly Union sent to him with all the news, 3/7/1856

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14, 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: 3/7/1856

Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches providing updates on Thomas’ children Tom and Helena and explaining a bill he wrote dealing with creditors to the state of Texas, 12/21/1856

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14, 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: 12/21/1856

Thomas J. Rusk, 1856

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
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: 1856