Box 1
Container
Contains 7 Results:
Personal letter from Robert W. Smith in Houston to David Rusk in Nacogdoches with speculation on who will win Galveston and Harris counties in the 1841 Texas Presidential election, 6/13/1841
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 27, 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:
6/13/1841
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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David Rusk
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General correspondence
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Box 1
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About politics
Letter from Isaac Van Zandt to David Rusk asking him to let the people of Nacogdoches know that he will be in town July 1st to talk about the issues connected with approaching governor’s election, 6/12/1847
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 27, 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:
6/12/1847
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
General correspondence
/
Box 1
/
About politics
Letter from Thomas J. Jennings at Galveston to David Rusk at Nacogdoches encouraging Rusk to run for U.S. marshal and informing Rusk that he has already written a letter of endorsement for Rusk to Texas’ Senators in Washington, D. C., 2/6/1853*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 27, 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:
2/6/1853*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
General correspondence
/
Box 1
/
About politics
Letter from J. T. White at Nacogdoches to David Rusk informing Rusk that he (White) will not be able to participate in the election because his wife is sick*, 8/3/1854
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 27, 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:
8/3/1854
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
General correspondence
/
Box 1
/
About politics
Letter from E. P. Moore in Gum Springs, Texas to David Rusk at Nacogdoches musing about the forthcoming judicial election in Nacogdoches and being a teacher, 8/1/1856
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 27, 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:
8/1/1856
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
General correspondence
/
Box 1
/
About politics
Letter from Jesse Billingsley at Austin to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking him to examine Thomas J. Rusk’s papers to see if there are any orders from the Battle of San Jacinto in them that illuminate the role of his brother. Billingsley suggests that David Burnet ordered Rusk to San Jacinto as Secretary of War to save the retreating Texas army and make Houston fight, which contradicts Sam Houston’s recent claim in the U.S. Senate that Rusk was at San Jacinto as a friend and subordinate*, 1/10/1860
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 27, 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:
1/10/1860
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
General correspondence
/
Box 1
/
About politics
About politics
File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
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
/
General correspondence
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Box 1
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