Box 1
Container
Contains 90 Results:
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about the steamboat trip from New Orleans to Louisville, Kentucky, pending discussion in the Senate about Santa Fe, New Mexico, the disposition of his Congressional colleagues from Texas, fears of a cholera outbreak, and the California gold rush, 12/16/1848
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8, 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:
12/16/1848
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 about a speech Thomas made in the Senate for Texas’ claim to the New Mexico Territory, Rusk’s optimism about the Compromise of 1850 and his report to lower postage rates and repeal the franking privilege, 6/17/1850
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, 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:
6/17/1850
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 predominantly about an Alabama entrepreneur’s experiments with artesian wells. Rusk also mentions that he thinks Lewis Cass and Winfield Scott are the front-runners for Presidential nominations, that he declined the nomination, and that he is sending money to their mother, 4/26/1852
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10, 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:
4/26/1852
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 letting his brother know he has arrived at Washington, D. C. by way of Cincinnati, Cleveland, Erie, Dunkirk, New York, and Philadelphia, 11/30/1852
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11, 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:
11/30/1852
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 Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches providing updates on Thomas’ children Tom and Helena and explaining a bill he wrote dealing with creditors to the state of Texas, 12/21/1856
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14, 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:
12/21/1856
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 from John Rusk at Camp Herbert (near Hempstead) to his parents David and Elizabeth Rusk about Confederate camp life, 2/12/1862
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 21, 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:
2/12/1862
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 letting Rusk know that John Thrift is in the process of immigrating to Texas and should be in Nacogdoches in 40-45 days. Thrift is clever, hardworking and a blacksmith and Starritt asks Rusk if he can help him get started. There is no mention of Mary or Rachel Rusk, 10/15/1854
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 23, 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:
10/15/1854
Summation of the number of days David F., Harriet and Martha Rusk went to school, 1/24/1868
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 25, 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:
1/24/1868
Receipt from E. M. Chapman to David Rusk for 67 days of school tuition for the Fall of 1875, 1/18/1876
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 26, 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:
1/18/1876
Letter from E. P. Moore in Gum Springs, Texas to David Rusk at Nacogdoches musing about the forthcoming judicial election in Nacogdoches and being a teacher, 8/1/1856
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 27, 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:
8/1/1856
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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David Rusk
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General correspondence
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Box 1
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About politics
Cover letter from C. Bombarger at Ladonia in Fannin Co. to the Postmaster of Nacogdoches Co. for a note to the sons of David Rusk, 6/24/1874*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 28, 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:
6/24/1874*
Note sent to David Rusk pertaining to Curtina Martinez, Juan Jose Martinez, Harriet L. Brown, and Thomas J. Brown. Includes envelope, Undated
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 29, 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:
Event: The Thomas J. Rusk Letters (59 originals, 1 photocopy) were loaned from 6/24/1975 to early 2005.; Event: Purchased by the University 9/26/2016.; Event: Purchased materials received by the ETRC 10/10/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 10/24/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 1/23/2017.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 3/15/2017.
Letter from Charles S. Taylor to David Rusk about a slave Rusk sold in 1842 as Sheriff of Nacogdoches Co. William J. Bon, administrator of the estate of John M. Bon, bought the slave from J. T. Huddleston. Taylor has receipts for the slave and judge’s fee but none for the sheriff. He asks Rusk if he has this receipt so that Bon can settle the transaction with the court, 3/27/1848
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30, 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:
3/27/1848
Letter from Condy Raguet to David Rusk at Nacogdoches offering his carriage for Rusk to borrow, 1/25/1862*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 31, 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:
1/25/1862*
Cover letter from J. Crosby, General Land Office, at Austin to David Rusk for a land grant of 320 acres in Van Zandt Co. granted to James W. Cleaveland, 8/5/1853*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 32, 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:
8/5/1853*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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David Rusk
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Land papers
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Box 1
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General Land Office
Letter from James H. Starr to David Rusk letting him know that the Texas legislature has just passed a law that will allow Starr and Rusk to “float” the Mora headright in Henderson Co. Starr wants to meet with Rusk so that they can get started on the paperwork, 9/11/1856*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 33, 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:
9/11/1856*
Receipt from Cherokee Co. tax collector Jesse Gibson to David Rusk at Nacogdoches Co. for his 1847-1848 taxes, 10/16/1848*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 34, 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:
10/16/1848*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
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.
Bill from James M. Trimble to David Rusk, Mr. Kirk and F. H. Daniel for surveying and partitioning the Thomas Stanford League in Cherokee Co., 5/28/1858*
File — Box: 1, Folder: 35, 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:
5/28/1858*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
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.
Receipt from Cherokee Co. tax collector A. A. Coupland to David Rusk for his 1867 taxes, 12/14/1867*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 36, 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:
12/14/1867*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
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.
Letter from H. H. White at Rusk to David Rusk asking permission to have a camp meeting on his property, adjacent to the Hatchett’s, in Cherokee Co., 9/3/1872
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 37, 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:
9/3/1872
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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