Box 1
Container
Contains 8 Results:
Redemption certificate from Parker Co. tax collector Benton Lank to David Rusk for the 819-acre Jose Maria Mora grant. Rusk failed to pay 1868 taxes, had the land bought by someone else, and redeemed the property for $10, 12/3/1869*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 49, 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:
12/3/1869*
Letter from attorney and land agent J. W. Booth at Decatur in Wise Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk if he’s interested in selling his land in Wise Co. Includes business card and envelope, 8/29/1871
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 49, 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:
8/29/1871
Letter from S. P. Church in Brooklyn, New York to David Rusk at Nacogdoches looking to buy all or part of land that Rusk, P. F. Edwards and A. J. Simpson own (and might wish to combine and then partition) in Wise Co. and Parker Co. from the Jose Maria Mora Grant. Church is looking to invest in cheap land in Texas. Rusk had recently sold the interest of his nephew Cicero Rusk in the land to Edwards and Simpson, 9/4/1871*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 49, 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:
9/4/1871*
Cover letter from David Rusk at Nacogdoches to the District Clerk of Parker Co. for land documents (no longer enclosed), 12/2/1872
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 49, 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:
12/2/1872
Letter from Amory R. Starr at Marshall to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk if he is interested in selling his land in Parker Co. Includes business card, 7/7/1873
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 49, 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:
7/7/1873
Letter from Amory R. Starr at Marshall to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk to send the patent for the Jose Maria Mora league so that Starr can make a copy of it, 12/10/1875
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 49, 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:
12/10/1875
Letter from Amory R. Starr at Marshall to David Rusk at Nacogdoches thanking Rusk for allowing him to copy the patent for the Jose Maria Mora league, 12/27/1875
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 49, 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:
12/27/1875
Parker Co./Wise Co. - Jose Maria Mora land grant, 1869-1875
File — Box: 1, Folder: 49
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:
1869-1875
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