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Box 1

 Container

Contains 6 Results:

Thomas J. Rusk, 1841-1845

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 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: 1841-1845

Letter from David S. Kaufman at San Augustine to Thomas J. Rusk at Nacogdoches expressing relief that a rumor that Rusk had killed a man in a fight was untrue and inviting Rusk to his wedding in three weeks, 4/1/1841.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4, 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: 4/1/1841.

Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Clarksville to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting David know he’ll be home in a few weeks after having travelled to Panola, Paschal (judicial county, no longer exists), Bowie and Red River Counties on business, 10/5/1841

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4, 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: 10/5/1841

Letter from Thomas J. Rusk in Harrison Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches with instructions to write on the verdict of a civil court case and also about a bad cold Thomas has, 4/14/1844

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4, 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: 4/14/1844

Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington-on-the-Brazos (on his way to Austin) to David Rusk at Nacogdoches observing that many people there have the fever and stating that the Texas Congress has done everything in their power in favor of annexation to the United States and that the decision is now in the hands of the Texas Convention (to consider annexation and a state constitution), 6/28/1845

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4, 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: 6/28/1845

Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Austin to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting David know that the Texas Convention passed the United States’ resolutions for Texas’ annexation, that there is a new Secretary of the Treasury, and that he is certain David will be appointed sheriff of Nacogdoches Co. again, 7/7/1845

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4, 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: 7/7/1845