Box 1
Container
Contains 99 Results:
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches discussing a new book he has bought on raising dairy cows. Rusk also briefly mentions the growing Presidential election hysteria in the Capitol, 6/27/1848
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8, 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:
6/27/1848
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 telling his brother about battling for Texas’ interests in the Compromise of 1850’s Senate debate and that he should write to their sister Jane Rusk Thrift, 6/9/1850
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, 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:
6/9/1850
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 passing along further misgivings about their brother-in-law McWhorter, stating that he is working on a California to Texas Railroad bill and sharing that he has turned down a possible Presidential nomination, 4/6/1852
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10, 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:
4/6/1852
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 Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches with the revelation that not only their brother-in-law McWhorter, but also local merchants, are taking the money they each send to their mother in South Carolina and thus compelling her to further send letters asking them for money, 6/21/1852
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11, 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:
6/21/1852
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 at Fort Phantom Hill to David Rusk at Nacogdoches recounting a pair of Comanche raids in that area and a meeting that Rusk had with the Comanche. Rusk writes they are “a miserable set of beings” and close to starvation. He also notes that the land between Fort Belknap and Fort Phantom Hill is the best he’s ever seen, 10/8/1853
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12, 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:
10/8/1853
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 recounting his good fortune to escape unscathed from stagecoach and railroad accidents on the trip to the Capitol. Rusk mentions that the Senate is at a standstill until the House elects a speaker and that Sam Houston is in trouble with the Texas Legislature. He also lets David know that their sister Rachael (married to McWhorter) has sent a letter asking for money and that he is ignoring it, 12/16/1855
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13, 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:
12/16/1855
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 that Millard Fillmore received the Know-Nothing’s Presidential nomination and that Thomas is having a copy of the Washington Weekly Union sent to him with all the news, 3/7/1856
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14, 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:
3/7/1856
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 of condolence from Nathan Dodd and Nancy Rusk Dodd near Yonah Mountain, Georgia to David Rusk following the suicide of their brother Thomas J. Rusk, 11/28/1857
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 18, 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:
11/28/1857
Letter from John Rusk at Austin to David and Elizabeth Rusk at Nacogdoches expressing his grief after learning about the death of his sister Ophelia, 1/31/1862
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 21, 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:
1/31/1862
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 John Starritt in South Carolina to David Rusk at Nacogdoches updating Rusk on his mother Mary Rusk and her situation with sister Rachel and her husband McWhorter. Starritt is dubious about their plan to immigrate to Texas in the fall with John Thrift. Starritt negatively describes the character and traits of McWhorter, 2/8/1854
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 23, 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:
2/8/1854
Receipt from M. P. Ridgell at Shady Grove, TX to David Rusk for the tuition of Eliza, Frank and Charles Rusk, 1866
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 25, 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:
1866
Receipt from Jno. H. Cox to David Rusk for Hannah Rusk’s school tuition, 1/14/1874
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 26, 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:
1/14/1874
Letter from J. T. White at Nacogdoches to David Rusk informing Rusk that he (White) will not be able to participate in the election because his wife is sick*, 8/3/1854
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 27, 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:
8/3/1854
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
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 H. Keyes at Quitman to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk for John J. Simpson’s date of death. Includes envelope, 11/3/1870
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 28, 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:
11/3/1870
Postcard from M. D. McCall at Fort Worth to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking him if he knows the whereabouts of the heirs of Henry McEntire, July 7
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 29, 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:
July 7
Letter from Robert Smith at Henderson to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk to hold onto the money he gave him until either himself or Charles F. McClarty can come to collect it, 5/9/1846
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30, 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:
5/9/1846
Letter from Thomas D. Brooks at Gilmer to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting him know that Elisha Gaines has deposited all the money he owes Rusk with Brooks. Most of the letter is about a fever that killed Brooks’ wife, his bout with the same sickness and how the subsequent grief is worse even than the earlier loss of his parents and siblings. Includes envelope, 1/6/1857*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 31, 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:
1/6/1857*
Receipt from George W. Smyth, Commissioner of the General Land Office, to David Rusk for payment of dues on two leagues of land, 12/5/1849*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 32, 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:
12/5/1849*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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David Rusk
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Land papers
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Box 1
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General Land Office
Receipt from Nacogdoches Co. tax collector Andrew Caddel to David Rusk for his 1853 Henderson Co. taxes on the Jose Maria Mora land grant, 3/20/1854*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 33, 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:
3/20/1854*
Letter from John H. Irby in Cherokee Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about the disposition of their adjacent land surveys, 6/13/1848*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 34, 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:
6/13/1848*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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David Rusk
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Land papers
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Box 1
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Cherokee Co.
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