Box 1
Container
Contains 111 Results:
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about the death of John C. Calhoun, their enduring friendship and that Thomas was the last person to talk with Calhoun in the Senate chambers before his death. Rusk also writes about the Texas boundary negotiations and his role in the process, 4/2/1850
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, 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:
4/2/1850
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 giving an account of his trip from New Orleans to New York City (by way of Havana) on the steamship Empire City, seeing a Kossuth procession in New York City and having a gallbladder attack soon after reaching the Capitol. Thomas explains to his brother that he has learned about their sister Rachel’s husband McWhorter, who is spending the money Thomas sends to their mother. Rusk also laments the “humbuggery and selfishness” apparent in his Senate colleagues as the next Presidential election cycle begins, 12/21/1851
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10, 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:
12/21/1851
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 about a controversial amendment Thomas proposed and passed condemning a Commissioner, the President and Secretary of Interior) for their support of a Senate bill cutting 5,800 square miles from the boundary of Texas above El Paso. Rusk also mentions the Democratic National Convention and that he has once again declined the nomination, 5/24/1852
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11, 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:
5/24/1852
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 Cross Timbers to David Rusk at Nacogdoches explaining his plans to travel with a small military escort to Texas’ frontier forts and make his way as far as he can towards El Paso until he has to turn back to get to Austin in time to talk about his road plan. Thomas reminds David that Cross Timbers was where he camped in 1838 for raids on the Kickapoos and Caddos. Rusk also comments that the grasslands west of Dallas are perfect for raising cattle, 9/16/1853
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12, 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:
9/16/1853
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 about the Gadsden Purchase and its importance as part of the Pacific or Southern railroad, 4/14/1854
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13, 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:
4/14/1854
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 at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches telling David to read an article about Chinese sugar cane (seeds no longer enclosed), 2/11/1856
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14, 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:
2/11/1856
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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Thomas J. Rusk
Nacogdoches Co. deed of conveyance from Thomas J. Rusk, administrator of the estate of James W. Cleaveland, to David Rusk transferring to David Rusk 320-acres of land Cleaveland received for three months service in the Texas Revolution. Cleaveland and David Rusk made the agreement in 1837, it was executed by Thomas J. Rusk 9/15/1849, but the document was not filed with the county court until 1860, 1/7/1860
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15, 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:
1/7/1860
Letter from William Dodd and Mary Dodd in Habersham, GA to their uncle David Rusk at Nacogdoches relating information about local prices for foodstuffs, family health and a desire to visit Texas, 1/25/1852*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 18, 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:
1/25/1852*
Letter from Rachel McWhorter in the Pickens District of South Carolina to her brother David Rusk at Nacogdoches telling him that their mother is not doing well, that her husband has consumption, and that David needs to help out, 7/20/1859
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 19, 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:
7/20/1859
Letter from 13-year old John Rusk to his father David Rusk telling him that the family is looking forward to when David comes home and that hopefully he (John) will be a better writer with their next correspondence, 1/2/1857
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 21, 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:
1/2/1857
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)
Letter from I. C. Rusk at New Salem to his uncle David Rusk at Nacogdoches about being sick, the birth of a new son that he and his wife named David, and 10-months sobriety, 11/27/1867
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 22, 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:
11/27/1867
Letter from Albert Vickers at Rusk to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk who is managing the affairs of his brother Thomas while he serves in the U. S. Senate. Vickers was recently arrived in Texas and wanted to buy land in Smith Co. owned by Thomas J. Rusk, 1/10/1847
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 23, 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:
1/10/1847
Letter from John L. Marroney at Montevallo, Alabama to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about Marroney’s supervision Daniel E. Watrous’ plantation, crop conditions in Alabama and the possibility that Watrous and Marroney will move to Texas in the winter, 10/15/1851
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 24, 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:
10/15/1851
Letter from H. W. Riddle to David Rusk asking if Rusk would be interested in enrolling his daughter in a female school. Includes envelope, 9/16/1860
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 25, 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:
9/16/1860
Receipt from P. Graves Rogers to David Rusk for the school tuition of his children David Frank Rusk and Harriet Rusk, 12/5/1870*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 26, 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:
12/5/1870*
Letter from Isaac Van Zandt to David Rusk asking him to let the people of Nacogdoches know that he will be in town July 1st to talk about the issues connected with approaching governor’s election, 6/12/1847
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 27, 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:
6/12/1847
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 S. Monroe Hyde at Marshall to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk to share the names of settlers on the Tage League near the Sabine River so that Hyde can call them as witnesses in a District Court civil case against James Earp, 1/20/1853
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 28, 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:
1/20/1853
Letter from A. P. Shaford to David Rusk asking for information about people living in San Augustine Co., 7/22/1877
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 29, 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:
7/22/1877
Letter from Daniel Lacy at Montgomery to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about Lacy’s family and their shared business interests, 1/1/1841*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30, 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:
1/1/1841*
Letter from Henry C. Hubert to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about the virtues of the Oregon pea as a crop, 5/3/1856*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 31, 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:
5/3/1856*
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