Box 1
Container
Contains 848 Results:
Letter from Mary Rusk in South Carolina to her son David Rusk in Nacogdoches asking for money due to her failing health, 7/10/1857
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 17, Item: data_value_missing_3ca472ee178e4ee7618f4b25428bf18e
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:
7/10/1857
Letter from Mary Rusk to her brother David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking him to send her some sugar and trinkets, Pre-1857
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 17, Item: data_value_missing_968d2391aeb4bfdf9eecd5fd1e5b7ae1
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:
Other: Pre-1857
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 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 Nathan and Nancy Rusk Dodd near Yonah Mountain, Georgia to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about the financial troubles of their mother Mary Rusk in Pickens District, South Carolina. The Dodd’s warn David that his sister Rachel, who lives with their mother, has just married a man named McWhorter of no means. When Nathan Dodd was last in South Carolina he observed that the money David and Thomas were sending to help Mary was actually being spent by Rachel and her husband. The Dodd’s recommend that David and Thomas either send their money to an agent in South Carolina that will buy things specifically for their mother or that they help her immigrate to Texas, leaving Rachel and her husband to fend for themselves, 2/8/1852
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 18, Item: 3
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:
2/8/1852
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 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 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 Rachel McWhorter at Walhalla, South Carolina to her brother David Rusk letting him know that she has been sick and her husband injured. She asks David if he can send her some aid, as she’s been relying on the hospitality of her neighbors, 9/8/1861
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 19, Item: 3
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:
9/8/1861
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)
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
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
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Box 1
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John Rusk (son)
Letter from John Rusk at Melrose to his father David Rusk at Nacogdoches [recto]. Letter from Mary Jane Rusk to her father-in-law David Rusk [verso]. Both write about personal and local news, including that the schoolteacher has quit due to severe illness. Includes envelope, 3/9/1857
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 21, Item: 3
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:
3/9/1857
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
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Box 1
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John Rusk (son)
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
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 1
/
John Rusk (son)
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
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 1
/
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 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 Tom Rusk at to his uncle David Rusk asking to borrow money for his trip to San Antonio, 7/25/1869
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 22, Item: 3
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:
7/25/1869
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 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
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