Box 1
Container
Contains 10 Results:
Letter from W. H. Davis in Pickens Co., Alabama to David Rusk in Nacogdoches Co. about the ongoing effects of the Panic of 1837 there and a new romance, 7/5/1840
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30, 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:
7/5/1840
Letter from Daniel Lacy at Montgomery to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about Lacy’s family and their shared business interests, 1/1/1841*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30, 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:
1/1/1841*
Letter from W. C. Wright to David Rusk thanking Rusk for taking up some of Wright’s strayed cattle, 10/6/1841
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30, 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:
10/6/1841
Letter from Robert Smith at Henderson to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk to hold onto the money he gave him until either himself or Charles F. McClarty can come to collect it, 5/9/1846
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30, 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:
5/9/1846
Letter from Charles S. Taylor to David Rusk about a slave Rusk sold in 1842 as Sheriff of Nacogdoches Co. William J. Bon, administrator of the estate of John M. Bon, bought the slave from J. T. Huddleston. Taylor has receipts for the slave and judge’s fee but none for the sheriff. He asks Rusk if he has this receipt so that Bon can settle the transaction with the court, 3/27/1848
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30, 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:
3/27/1848
Letter from T. Mill to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk to come visit his family, c.1840s
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30, 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:
c.1840s
Note from Ephraim Coon to David Rusk about buying a white ox from Bennett Blake. Coon also reminds Rusk to tell James Hart and his brother that the next time they are in town they must stay with the Coon family, 7/1/1852
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30, 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:
7/1/1852
Note from J. L. Shanks at Nacogdoches to David Rusk informing him of the passing and impending burial of Charles Chevaillier, 12/30/1852*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30, Item: 8
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:
12/30/1852*
Letter from James H. Kinney in Nacogdoches Co. to David Rusk in Nacogdoches asking if a certain estray and unmarked steer belongs to Rusk. Kinney suggests to Rusk that he sell the animal before someone kills it, 6/18/1854*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30, Item: 9
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:
6/18/1854*
Other personal correspondence
File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
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
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