Box 1
Container
Contains 7 Results:
Letter from William C. Duffield to David Rusk about a proposition to buy land adjoining Rusk’s plantation in Jefferson Co. from a. Mr. Shelby and then sell it to Rusk, 6/13/1843
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 33, 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:
6/13/1843
Receipt from Anderson Co. tax collector William M. Gibson to David Rusk and Henry W. Raguet for 1848 taxes, Anderson Co. tax collector William M. Gibson to David Rusk and Henry W. Raguet for 1848 taxes.* 3/23/1849*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 33, 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:
Anderson Co. tax collector William M. Gibson to David Rusk and Henry W. Raguet for 1848 taxes.* 3/23/1849*
Receipt no.1082 from Comptroller James B. Shaw at Austin to David Rusk for his 1849 taxes on 1,535-acres of land in Anderson Co., 10/31/1849*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 33, 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:
10/31/1849*
Receipt from Nacogdoches Co. tax collector Andrew Caddel to David Rusk for his 1853 Henderson Co. taxes on the Jose Maria Mora land grant, 3/20/1854*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 33, 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:
3/20/1854*
Letter from James H. Starr to David Rusk letting him know that the Texas legislature has just passed a law that will allow Starr and Rusk to “float” the Mora headright in Henderson Co. Starr wants to meet with Rusk so that they can get started on the paperwork, 9/11/1856*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 33, 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:
9/11/1856*
Letter from W. M. Wagner at Longview to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about land in Smith Co. Includes envelope, 7/5/1871
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 33, 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:
7/5/1871
Anderson Co./Henderson Co./Jefferson Co./Smith Co.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 33
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.
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