Box 1
Container
Contains 7 Results:
Letter from Charles H. Sims at Sulphur Bluff in Hopkins Co. to David Rusk asking for assistance in collecting a Texas Revolution service pension, 10/22/1873*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 116, 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:
10/22/1873*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
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David Rusk
/
Military matters
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Box 1
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Veteran claims
Letter from William C. Loving at Sulphur Springs to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk if he worked with Thomas D. Brooks before his death to file paperwork in Austin for a Texas Revolution service pension. If not, Loving requests Rusk forward him any proof he has so that Brooks’ widow can collect the pension. Includes envelope, 5/21/1874*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 116, 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:
5/21/1874*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Military matters
/
Box 1
/
Veteran claims
Letter from William C. Loving at Sulphur Springs to David Rusk at Nacogdoches thanking him for his letter of the 28th and asking Rusk, with one or two witnesses, to sign and get notarized an affidavit that Thomas D. Brooks served with Rusk in the Texas Revolution. This will allow Jane A. Brooks to receive the Texas Revolution service pension entitled to her late husband. Includes blank affidavit and envelope, 6/7/1874*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 116, Item: 3-4
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:
6/7/1874*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Military matters
/
Box 1
/
Veteran claims
Letter from William C. Loving at Sulphur Springs to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk to sign and get notarized an affidavit that Thomas D. Brooks served with him at the Battle of San Jacinto so that Brooks’ widow can receive a Texas Revolution service pension. Includes envelope, 7/21/1874
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 116, 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:
7/21/1874
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Military matters
/
Box 1
/
Veteran claims
Letter from Jane A. Brooks in Hopkins Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking him to help her get the Texas Revolution service pension of her deceased husband, Thomas D. Brooks. Includes envelope, 7/27/1874
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 116, 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:
7/27/1874
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Military matters
/
Box 1
/
Veteran claims
Letter from William C. Loving at Sulphur Springs to John Forbes and G. Whitaker at Nacogdoches asking them to sign and get notarized an affidavit that Thomas D. Brooks served with them at the Battle of San Jacinto so that Brooks’ widow can receive a Texas Revolution service pension. In the letter Loving concludes that David Rusk was “absent, sick or dead” because he had not yet responded to Loving letter to him on the same subject. Includes envelope, 10/1/1874
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 116, Item: 7
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:
10/1/1874
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Military matters
/
Box 1
/
Veteran claims
Veteran claims, 1873-1874
File — Box: 1, Folder: 116
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:
1873-1874
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Military matters
/
Box 1
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