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Box 1

 Container

Contains 9 Results:

Receipt from W. K. Holland and T. J. Holland, proprietors of the Sulphur Springs Gazette, at Bright Star in Van Zandt Co. to David Rusk for publishing a notice of the Wood Co. District Court case of David Rusk vs. Heirs of Daniel Lacy, 9/10/1869*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 58, 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: 9/10/1869*

Letter from William L. Alexander at Quitman to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk to give him power of attorney to sell the Thomas Stanford survey to Mr. Chaney for $1.50 per acre, 11/18/1869

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 58, 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: 11/18/1869

Power of attorney from David Rusk to William L. Alexander to sell 125 acres in Wood Co., 12/2/1869

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 58, 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: 12/2/1869

Redemption certificate from Wood Co. tax collector John F. Baxter to David Rusk for 500-acres from the Thomas Stanford League. Rusk failed to pay 1867 taxes, had the land bought by the state, and redeemed the property, 12/23/1869*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 58, 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: 12/23/1869*

Redemption certificate from Wood Co. tax collector T. Jackson to David Rusk for the 1,476-acre Jesus Flores grant. Rusk failed to pay 1867 taxes, had the land bought by the state, and redeemed the property via his agent William L. Alexander, 12/30/1869*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 58, 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: 12/30/1869*

Redemption certificate from Wood Co. tax collector John F. Baxter to David Rusk for the 836-acre David Rusk grant. Rusk failed to pay 1867 taxes, had the land bought by the state, and redeemed the property via his agent William L. Alexander, 12/30/1869*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 58, 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: 12/30/1869*

Letter from William L. Alexander at Quitman to David Rusk at Nacogdoches explaining all the details behind his sale of 300-acres of Rusk’s land from the Jesus Flores survey in Wood Co., 1/21/1870

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 58, 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: 1/21/1870

Fee bill for the 1869 Wood Co. District Court civil case of David Rusk vs. heirs of Daniel Lacy, 1/31/1870*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 58, 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: 1/31/1870*

Wood Co., 1869-1870

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 58
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: 1869-1870