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Box 1

 Container

Contains 8 Results:

Receipt from Hopkins Co. tax collector Robert E. Matthews to David Rusk for 1848 taxes, c.1849

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 38, 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: c.1849

Letter from Edward A. Hatchett at Sulphur Springs to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking if Rusk will sell any of his land in Hopkins Co., 2/20/1853

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 38, 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: 2/20/1853

Letter from W. W. Webster at Sulphur Springs to David Rusk asking if he can buy land in Hopkins Co. adjacent to the Hatchett’s, 7/17/1855*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 38, 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: 7/17/1855*

Letter from Thomas D. Brookes at Sulphur Springs to David Rusk at Nacogdoches reflecting on their long friendship and promising to attend to and pay the taxes on Rusk’s land in Hopkins Co. Includes envelope, 7/20/1870

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 38, 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: 7/20/1870

Letter from Thomas D. Brooks at Sulphur Springs to David Rusk describing the state of Rusk’s land in Hopkins Co., 8/25/1870

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 38, 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: 8/25/1870

Receipt from Hopkins Co. tax collector J. A. Weaver to David Rusk for 1867 taxes, 10/29/1870*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 38, 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: 10/29/1870*

Letter from King and Milam at Sulphur Springs to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting him know the status of the tenant farmer cultivating Rusk’s land and improvements that need to be made to the property. The letter also addresses the collection of the farmer’s rent, how Rusk wants it paid to him, and the amount King & Milam are subtracting for their annual fee, 12/28/1870*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 38, 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: 12/28/1870*

Hopkins Co., 1849-1870

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 38
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: 1849-1870