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Box 1

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Contains 8 Results:

Letter from King and Milam at Bright Star in Van Zandt Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting Rusk know there are two squatters on his land cutting timber and putting up cabins, 4/10/1869*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 55, 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: 4/10/1869*

Letter from King and Milam at Bright Star in Van Zandt Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking for power of attorney to sell Rusk’s land there, 11/27/1869

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 55, 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: 11/27/1869

Letter from King and Milam at Bright Star in Van Zandt Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting Rusk know their assessment of the land’s value and how it should be divided, 1/10/1870

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 55, 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: 1/10/1870

Letter from King and Milam at Bright Star in Van Zandt Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches complaining about Rusk being unresponsive to their letters and letting him know there is a 27-acre farm on his property that they have rented out, 2/22/1870*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 55, 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: 2/22/1870*

Letter from J. C. Perry at Canton to David Rusk about the condition and potential price per acre of his land in Van Zandt Co., 2/8/1876

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 55, 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: 2/8/1876

Letter from David Rusk at Nacogdoches to the Van Zandt Co. tax assessor with his assessment of the value ($320) of the 320 acres he owns. Rusk requests that the tax assessor mail him how much tax he owes so that he can send the money, 2/28/1877*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 55, 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: 2/28/1877*

Certified copy of a grant of 4 labors of land in Van Zandt Co. granted by Texas Governor George T. Wood 12/3/1849 to David Rusk. Recorded in Wood Co. 11/23/1855, 12/17/1879*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 55, 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: 12/17/1879*

Van Zandt Co., 1869-1879

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 55
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: 1869-1879