Box 1
Container
Contains 6 Results:
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches detailing a bout with cholera, that nothing got done in the Senate while he was out sick, family, the positive outcomes for Texas created by the Compromise of 1850, and the absence of Sam Houston from the Senate, 1/6/1851
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10, 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:
1/6/1851
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 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
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
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 stop sending money to their mom in South Carolina because it is just lining the pockets of their brother-in-law McWhorter. Thomas says he will take care of their mother and funnel her money through a trusted neighbor. Rusk also worries that if the Democrats do not get their act together they will lose the next Presidential election, 2/10/1852
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10, 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:
2/10/1852
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 1
/
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
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 1
/
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
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 1
/
Thomas J. Rusk
Thomas J. Rusk, 1851-1852
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
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:
1851-1852
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
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Box 1
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