Box 1
Container
Contains 106 Results:
Appointment by Republic of Texas President Mirabeau Lamar of David Rusk as Sheriff of Nacogdoches Co., 5/1/1839
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, 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:
5/1/1839
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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David Rusk
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Appointments
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Box 1
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Republic of Texas
Certificate no.1191 naming David Rusk an elector for the County of Nacogdoches, 8/23/1867
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, 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:
8/23/1867
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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David Rusk
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Appointments
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Box 1
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Nacogdoches County
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Houston to David Rusk at Nacogdoches advising him to be careful after having been sick, relating several current events and speculating about who will be the next president of Texas, 11/13/1837
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, 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:
11/13/1837
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 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
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
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 explaining to David several reasons why he probably won’t be appointed Texas’ U. S. marshal. Thomas thinks it is most likely John M. Allen from Galveston will get the President’s favor. Thomas also admits feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt about his ability to represent Texas in the company of “men of talent vastly my superior”, 4/18/1846
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5, 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:
4/18/1846
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 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
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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 Nacogdoches to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about a certificate that will help protect David from legal trouble with the state (document not enclosed), 10/29/1847
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7, 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:
10/29/1847
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 commenting on the absence of Sam Houston from Congress, the “humbuggery” behind each Presidential campaign getting organized, Thomas’ support for Lewis Cass, and Rusk’s uncertainty about the outcome of forthcoming debates on whether California will be a slave or free state, 6/18/1848
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8, 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:
6/18/1848
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
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 about family, a fight in the Senate between Henry S. Foote and Thomas Hart (Compromise of 1850 debate), a bill Thomas proposed, and the continued absence of Sam Houston from the Senate, 4/18/1850
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, 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:
4/18/1850
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
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
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Family correspondence
/
Box 1
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Thomas J. Rusk
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches conveying the results from the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore. Rusk was asked to accept nominations for President and Vice-President but refused. Rusk misdated this letter May 7th. The Convention was held between June 1st and 5th, 6/7/1852
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11, 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:
6/7/1852
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 Fort Belknap to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting David know his travel plans. Thomas writes that he has hired several Caddo to help guide his party to Fort Phantom Hill and that he hopes to then travel even further west to find and spend some time with Indian Agent Robert Neighbors, 9/28/1853
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12, 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:
9/28/1853
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
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Box 1
/
Thomas J. Rusk
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting David know that the Texas debt bill was defeated in the House of Representatives but that there is still some home for the Senate. Rusk also complains that Sam Houston leaves all the work to him, doing nothing but continuously campaigning for President. Rusk also notes an increase in the number of abolitionist Senators, 2/10/1855
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13, 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:
2/10/1855
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 sending him another set of Chinese sugar cane seeds (seeds no longer enclosed). Thomas also mentions that Millard Fillmore has gotten the Know-Nothing’s Presidential nomination and that Sam Houston is disappointed, 2/29/1856
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14, 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:
2/29/1856
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 Nathan and Nancy Rusk Dodd near Yonah Mountain, Georgia to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about the financial troubles of their mother Mary Rusk in Pickens District, South Carolina. The Dodd’s warn David that his sister Rachel, who lives with their mother, has just married a man named McWhorter of no means. When Nathan Dodd was last in South Carolina he observed that the money David and Thomas were sending to help Mary was actually being spent by Rachel and her husband. The Dodd’s recommend that David and Thomas either send their money to an agent in South Carolina that will buy things specifically for their mother or that they help her immigrate to Texas, leaving Rachel and her husband to fend for themselves, 2/8/1852
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 18, 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:
2/8/1852
Letter from Rachel McWhorter at Walhalla, South Carolina to her brother David Rusk letting him know that she has been sick and her husband injured. She asks David if he can send her some aid, as she’s been relying on the hospitality of her neighbors, 9/8/1861
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 19, 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:
9/8/1861
Letter from John Rusk at Melrose to his father David Rusk at Nacogdoches [recto]. Letter from Mary Jane Rusk to her father-in-law David Rusk [verso]. Both write about personal and local news, including that the schoolteacher has quit due to severe illness. Includes envelope, 3/9/1857
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 21, 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:
3/9/1857
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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John Rusk (son)
Letter from Tom Rusk at to his uncle David Rusk asking to borrow money for his trip to San Antonio, 7/25/1869
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 22, 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:
7/25/1869
Letter from Miles M. Norton at Rusk to David Rusk at Nacogdoches. Norton is visiting Texas from Pickens District, South Carolina, which is also where Rusk’s mother and sister live. Norton called on them before he left and they asked him to request money for them from Rusk, 11/17/1851
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 23, 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:
11/17/1851
Scrap from H. W. Riddle to David Rusk stating that school starts on September 24th, 9/16/1860
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 25, 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:
9/16/1860