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Box 1

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Contains 7 Results:

Kaufman Co., 1849-1870

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 40
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: 1849-1870

Receipt no.1083 from Comptroller James B. Shaw at Austin to David Rusk for his 1849 taxes on 300-acres of land in Kaufman Co., 12/3/1849*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 40, 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: 12/3/1849*

Letter from Flora Browning at Palestine to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk for information about whether her late husband G. W. Browning paid taxes for 1847-1848 on land in Kaufman Co. Includes envelope, 9/14/1855

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 40, 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: 9/14/1855

Letter from Kaufman Co. County Clerk William H. Barnes to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting Rusk know he received Rusk’s 320-acre patent, recorded it and put the document back in the mail, 1/4/1860*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 40, 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: 1/4/1860*

Letter from Frank Martin at Cedar Grove to David Rusk at Nacogdoches confirming that Martin will buy Rusk’s tract of land adjoining his own in Kaufman Co. for $300, 8/29/1870

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 40, 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: 8/29/1870

Letter from H. H. in Kaufman Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about the visit of a man from Cedar Grove to Rusk’s land and the awful condition of the property, 11/21/1870

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 40, 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: 11/21/1870

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