Box 1
Container
Contains 76 Results:
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about Thomas’ wrangling in the Senate and with President Taylor to advance a bill in the Compromise of 1850 favorable to Texas. Rusk also notes what Kaufman and Houston are doing and remarks that their brother-in-law Nathan Dodd is in Clarksville working a mill for Thomas Stanford, 9/1/1850
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, 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:
9/1/1850
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 Joseph Taylor at Marshall to David Rusk asking Rusk for genealogical and personal information about Thomas J. Rusk so that he can accurately talk about him to people, 4/2/1858
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 23, 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:
4/2/1858
Receipt from P. Graves Rogers to David Rusk for the school tuition of his son David Frank Rusk, 2/28/1870*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 25, 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:
2/28/1870*
Note showing David Rusk owes G. W. Hill $6.70 for 67 days of tuition for his son, Undated
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 26, 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:
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 Jesse Billingsley at Austin to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking him to examine Thomas J. Rusk’s papers to see if there are any orders from the Battle of San Jacinto in them that illuminate the role of his brother. Billingsley suggests that David Burnet ordered Rusk to San Jacinto as Secretary of War to save the retreating Texas army and make Houston fight, which contradicts Sam Houston’s recent claim in the U.S. Senate that Rusk was at San Jacinto as a friend and subordinate*, 1/10/1860
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 27, 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:
1/10/1860
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 C. Bombarger at Ladonia in Fannin Co. to David Rusk looking for information about a Mrs. Bascom who ran away from her husband in the 1830s to live with a man named Daniel Davis. He died in 1839. The woman claims she was lawfully married to him and wants his land. Bombarger wants to know if Mrs. Bascom left children in Nacogdoches Co. and, if so, what has become of them, 6/24/1874*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 28, 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:
6/24/1874*
Letter from T. Mill to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk to come visit his family, c.1840s
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30, 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:
c.1840s
Letter from Molly Irion to David Rusk asking him to give her any food that he can spare, 5/18/1867
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 31, 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:
5/18/1867
Receipt from A. J. Campbell, General Land Office Receiving Clerk, at Austin to Jno. S. Thorn for paying taxes on 2 labors of land in Nacogdoches Co. owned by Thomas Stanford, 7/26/1854
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 32, 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:
7/26/1854
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 W. M. Wagner at Longview to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about land in Smith Co. Includes envelope, 7/5/1871
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 33, 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:
7/5/1871
Letter from H. G. Hatchett in Cherokee Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about land in Cherokee Co. Includes Envelope, 11/23/1849
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 34, 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:
11/23/1849
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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Cherokee Co.
Two receipts from Anderson and Donley to David Rusk on one page. The first receipt ($25) is for the cost of James M. Trimble to survey and partition the Thomas Stanford League in Cherokee Co. The second receipt ($25) is for Anderson and Donley’s legal fees for procuring the partition of the lands owned by David Rusk and Samuel W. Kirk, et al., 7/7/1858*
File — Box: 1, Folder: 35, 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:
7/7/1858*
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.
Letter from H. G. Hatchett in Cherokee Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about land in Cherokee Co., 5/28/1868*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 36, 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:
5/28/1868*
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.
Memo from Donley and Anderson outlining the land paperwork need for someone to file a lawsuit to partition the Thomas Stanford League in Cherokee Co., Undated*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 37, 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:
1870-1872
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.
Receipt from Hopkins Co. tax collector J. A. Weaver to David Rusk for 1867 taxes, 10/29/1870*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 38, 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:
10/29/1870*
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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Hopkins Co.
Letter from J. W. Irons in Hopkins Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches explaining why he can’t pay Rusk rent for the land he is farming and discussing current events (crops, railroad, death of Judge Thomas D. Brooks) in Hopkins Co., 7/31/1873
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 39, 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:
7/31/1873
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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Hopkins Co.
Letter from J. F. Muckleroy at Terrell to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking for further instructions on a potential land transaction. Includes envelope, 2/1/1877
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 40, 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:
2/1/1877
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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Kaufman Co.
Letter from John H. Conner at Austin to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk to do him a favor and redeem a piece of Conner’s property in Nacogdoches Co. for him that was sold off for delinquent taxes, 12/25/1846*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 41, 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:
12/25/1846*
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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Nacogdoches Co.
Nacogdoches Co. deed for land from Jose Maria Chirino, Felipe Procela, Tomasa Procela, Concession Y’Barbo, and Maria Antonia Cordova to David Rusk, 2/2/1857
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 42, 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:
2/2/1857
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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Nacogdoches Co.
List of land and land value for 16 Nacogdoches Co. property owners, Undated
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 43, 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:
1860s-1870s
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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Nacogdoches Co.
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