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Box 1

 Container

Contains 9 Results:

Letter from Robert W. Smith at Henderson to David Rusk at Nacogdoches talking about them going over to Cherokee Co. and inspecting some land on the Neches River as well the likelihood of a Christmas Ball being hosted by Col. Tipps, 12/21/1846

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 34, 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: 12/21/1846

Cherokee Co. indenture renting and leasing land on the Angelina River for three years from David Rusk to C. D. Aston. Rusk’s terms included Aston build a log cabin and smokehouse, clear and farm at least 10 acres of land, maintain and operate a ferry boat, and pay half of ferry profits to Rusk, 1/1/1847

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 34, 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: 1/1/1847

Note from Cherokee Co. tax collector Jesse Gibson at Rusk to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting Rusk know how much tax he owes and that his land is up for sale in three weeks, 6/10/1848*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 34, 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: 6/10/1848*

Letter from John H. Irby in Cherokee Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about the disposition of their adjacent land surveys, 6/13/1848*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 34, 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: 6/13/1848*

Receipt from Cherokee Co. tax collector Jesse Gibson to David Rusk at Nacogdoches Co. for his 1847-1848 taxes, 10/16/1848*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 34, 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: 10/16/1848*

Letter from H. G. Hatchett in Cherokee Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about land in Cherokee Co. Includes Envelope, 11/23/1849

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 34, 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: 11/23/1849

Partial letter from H. G. Hatchett and Isaac Wiseheart in Cherokee Co. to David Rusk about the hauling of planks and the use of a boat, 6/23/1850*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 34, 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: 6/23/1850*

Certified copy by S. A. Erwin of Joseph Burns’ land certificate for one league and labor in Cherokee Co. that includes part of the Thomas Stanford League, 9/11/1850*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 34, 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: 9/11/1850*

Cherokee Co., 1846-1850

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 34
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: 1846-1850