Box 1
Container
Contains 116 Results:
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches stating how busy has been in the Senate. Rusk also notes the arrival of President Zachary Taylor in town, 2/28/1849
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, 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:
2/28/1849
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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David Rusk
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Family correspondence
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Box 1
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Thomas J. Rusk
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches detailing a bout with cholera, that nothing got done in the Senate while he was out sick, family, the positive outcomes for Texas created by the Compromise of 1850, and the absence of Sam Houston from the Senate, 1/6/1851
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10, 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:
1/6/1851
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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David Rusk
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Family correspondence
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Box 1
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Thomas J. Rusk
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches commenting on the anticipation in the Senate for the Democratic National Convention. Rusk thinks Lewis Cass is the most popular but that his current position in the Senate will be a hindrance. Thomas is surprised by which colleagues support his candidacy, though he reiterates his refusal to accept a Presidential nomination. Rusk thinks Sam Houston is the best executive office candidate, 5/19/1852
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11, 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:
5/19/1852
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
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David Rusk
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Family correspondence
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Box 1
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Thomas J. Rusk
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk near Dallas to David Rusk at Nacogdoches documenting Thomas’ circuitous trip to Austin by way of Henderson, Tyler and Dallas. Rusk gave speeches and advocated for a state road. He also comments on the development of the Tyler-Dallas region since his last visit in 1838, 9/12/1853
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12, 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:
9/12/1853
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
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Family correspondence
/
Box 1
/
Thomas J. Rusk
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches concerning the Gadsden Purchase, the chance of a Pacific railroad emanating from Texas and a separate railroad bill Thomas has just authored, 2/14/1854
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13, 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:
2/14/1854
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
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Family correspondence
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Box 1
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Thomas J. Rusk
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches describing the sectionalism in the House of Representatives culminating in the election of Nathaniel Banks Speaker of the House. The abolitionist Know-Nothing, or “Mongrel Party” as Rusk calls them, all voted for Banks while Southern members voted for William Aiken, Jr. Rusk also describes the fight between Horace Greeley and Albert Rust, 1/3/1856
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14, 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:
1/3/1856
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
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Family correspondence
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Box 1
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Thomas J. Rusk
Power of attorney from Thomas J. Rusk to David Rusk, 3/2/1846
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15, 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:
3/2/1846
Letter from brother-in-law Nathan Dodd near Yonah Mountain, Georgia to David and Elizabeth Rusk at Nacogdoches catching them up on news for the extended Rusk family and inquiring if the conditions in Texas are good enough that he should move his family there. Dodd claims that this letter is a response to the first letter he and his wife have received from David Rusk since 1837, 9/1/1850
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 18, 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:
9/1/1850
Letter from Rachel McWhorter in the Pickens District of South Carolina to her brother David Rusk at Nacogdoches shaming him for not helping to care for their mother and asking why he won’t write back. Rachel also mentions that she knows that David does not like her husband, 3/2/1859
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 19, 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:
3/2/1859
Letter from Mary Rusk Bruce in Habersham Co., Georgia to her brother David Rusk at Nacogdoches giving him an update on their siblings living across the South and telling him that their sister Rachel McWhorter and her husband are spending all the money David and Thomas are sending to their mother on themselves, 8/12/1864
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 20, 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:
8/12/1864
Note from John Rusk at Melrose to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting his father know he will be home at Christmas, 12/15/1856
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 21, 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:
12/15/1856
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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David Rusk
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Family correspondence
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Box 1
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John Rusk (son)
Note from I. C. Rusk at to his uncle David Rusk asking to borrow $15 for his trip to Austin, 10/15/1861
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 22, 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:
10/15/1861
Letter from T. J. Rogers and I. N. Rogers at Jefferson to David Rusk asking him send to them the original title or a certified copy of the one league and labor sold by George Johnson to Alexander Jordin that might be in Thomas J. Rusk’s papers, 3/21/1838*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 23, 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:
3/21/1838*
Letter from B. L. Goodman in Lafayette, Alabama to David Rusk inquiring about the state of affairs in Texas, 10/13/1837
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 24, 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:
10/13/1837
Letter from W. C. Huntington, Principal at the Melrose Male and Female High School, to David Rusk asking if Rusk would be interested in enrolling his children there. Huntington suggests boarding the children nearby. He also notes the imminent arrival of a music teacher, 2/6/1860
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 25, 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:
2/6/1860
Receipt from P. Graves Rogers to David Rusk for the school tuition of his children David Frank Rusk and Harriet Rusk, 6/3/1870*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 26, 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:
6/3/1870*
Personal letter from Robert W. Smith in Houston to David Rusk in Nacogdoches with speculation on who will win Galveston and Harris counties in the 1841 Texas Presidential election, 6/13/1841
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 27, 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:
6/13/1841
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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David Rusk
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General correspondence
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Box 1
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About politics
Letter from Nathan Allen in Cherokee Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about the genealogy of Thomas Stanford. Allen suggests contacting William Stanford in Pikeville, Marion Co., Alabama for additional information, 5/31/1849
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 28, 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:
5/31/1849
Letter from the Taylor and Leland Real Estate Agency at Waco to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk if he knows when and where William Hester Patton died, 9/16/1874
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 29, 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:
9/16/1874
Letter from W. H. Davis in Pickens Co., Alabama to David Rusk in Nacogdoches Co. about the ongoing effects of the Panic of 1837 there and a new romance, 7/5/1840
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30, 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:
7/5/1840
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