Box 1
Container
Contains 7 Results:
Thomas J. Rusk, 1846
File — Box: 1, Folder: 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:
1846
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
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches repeating sentiments from his previous letter: that there will not be wars with England or Mexico and that he intends to resign at the end of the session. Rusk also writes about his declining health, 6/15/1846
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, 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:
6/15/1846
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 in which Thomas is upbeat about his relationship with other Senators but frustrated by the President, who he feels is still giving him short shrift for a perceived friendship with John C. Calhoun. Rusk characterizes the President as a “weak, vacillating man,” says Sam Houston “pretends great friendship,” and warns David about working with Texas’ new U. S. Marshal John M. Allen, who he thinks is unprincipled, 7/8/1846
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, 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:
7/8/1846
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 advising his brother about how to proceed in a legal entanglement. David had entrusted Judge G. W. Terrell to convey tax money from Nacogdoches to Austin for the Texas Treasury Department. Money went missing and Thomas suspects that the culprit is Judge Terrell. Rusk also reiterates his intent to resign at the end of the session even though his peers tell him he is doing a much better job than Sam Houston, 7/11/1846
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, 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:
7/11/1846
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 telling David he hopes to be on the road back to Texas in a couple weeks and that he still intends to resign. Rusk admits he has made many friends in the Senate but thinks he will be happier and make more money practicing law in Nacogdoches. Rusk briefly comments on working with Sam Houston in the Senate, 7/30/1846
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, 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:
7/30/1846
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 letting David know that he has arrived in the Capitol. Thomas tells his brother that he has already met with the President and that Texas will be more prominently on the agenda than the last session. Rusk notes several of his legislative priorities, 12/20/1846
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, 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:
12/20/1846
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 Baltimore to David Rusk at Nacogdoches expressing frustration with the course of Mexican war. Rusk thinks that if Polk acted swiftly the war would already be over but that he now fears it will stretch for five years, 12/27/1846
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, 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:
12/27/1846
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 1
/
Thomas J. Rusk
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