Box 1
Container
Contains 5 Results:
Letter from brother-in-law Nathan Dodd near Yonah Mountain, Georgia to David and Elizabeth Rusk at Nacogdoches catching them up on news for the extended Rusk family and inquiring if the conditions in Texas are good enough that he should move his family there. Dodd claims that this letter is a response to the first letter he and his wife have received from David Rusk since 1837, 9/1/1850
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 18, 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:
9/1/1850
Letter from William Dodd and Mary Dodd in Habersham, GA to their uncle David Rusk at Nacogdoches relating information about local prices for foodstuffs, family health and a desire to visit Texas, 1/25/1852*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 18, 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:
1/25/1852*
Letter from Nathan and Nancy Rusk Dodd near Yonah Mountain, Georgia to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about the financial troubles of their mother Mary Rusk in Pickens District, South Carolina. The Dodd’s warn David that his sister Rachel, who lives with their mother, has just married a man named McWhorter of no means. When Nathan Dodd was last in South Carolina he observed that the money David and Thomas were sending to help Mary was actually being spent by Rachel and her husband. The Dodd’s recommend that David and Thomas either send their money to an agent in South Carolina that will buy things specifically for their mother or that they help her immigrate to Texas, leaving Rachel and her husband to fend for themselves, 2/8/1852
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 18, 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:
2/8/1852
Letter of condolence from Nathan Dodd and Nancy Rusk Dodd near Yonah Mountain, Georgia to David Rusk following the suicide of their brother Thomas J. Rusk, 11/28/1857
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 18, 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:
11/28/1857
Nancy Rusk Dodd and family (sister)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
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:
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.
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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David Rusk
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Family correspondence
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