Box 1
Container
Contains 7 Results:
Letter from Nathan Allen in Cherokee Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about the genealogy of Thomas Stanford. Allen suggests contacting William Stanford in Pikeville, Marion Co., Alabama for additional information, 5/31/1849
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 28, 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:
5/31/1849
Letter from S. Monroe Hyde at Marshall to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk to share the names of settlers on the Tage League near the Sabine River so that Hyde can call them as witnesses in a District Court civil case against James Earp, 1/20/1853
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 28, 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:
1/20/1853
Letter from Madison F. Mitchell in Pickens District, South Carolina to David Rusk at Nacogdoches. Mitchell was a boyhood friend of Rusk and wants to see if Rusk has the Texas address for Mitchell’s uncle Lorenzo C. Pason. Mitchell also talks about the high price of land and slaves in South Carolina, 4/22/1853
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 28, 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:
4/22/1853
Letter from H. Keyes at Quitman to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk for John J. Simpson’s date of death. Includes envelope, 11/3/1870
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 28, 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:
11/3/1870
Cover letter from C. Bombarger at Ladonia in Fannin Co. to the Postmaster of Nacogdoches Co. for a note to the sons of David Rusk, 6/24/1874*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 28, 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:
6/24/1874*
Letter from C. Bombarger at Ladonia in Fannin Co. to David Rusk looking for information about a Mrs. Bascom who ran away from her husband in the 1830s to live with a man named Daniel Davis. He died in 1839. The woman claims she was lawfully married to him and wants his land. Bombarger wants to know if Mrs. Bascom left children in Nacogdoches Co. and, if so, what has become of them, 6/24/1874*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 28, 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:
6/24/1874*
Seeking information on Rusk’s neighbors or acquaintances
File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
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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General correspondence
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Box 1