Box 1
Container
Contains 106 Results:
Receipt from Allen Butt to David Rusk for collecting notes due to Thomas J. Rusk from Jemima Gilbert ($9.9375) and John Sanders ($7.5275) dated 2/2/1835 (recto). Receipt from Jemima Gilbert to David Rusk of an additional $9, 3/9/1835*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 95, 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:
3/9/1835*
Note from Elizabeth Wilburn to David Rusk letting him know she just purchased 13 pounds of pork and asking whether he will accept cash or credit, 6/1/1850
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 96, 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:
6/1/1850
Letter from Mrs. Pough to David Rusk asking Rusk to give her a credit for four bushels of corn, to be paid off in September when the schoolhouse reopens, 5/10/1858
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 97, 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:
5/10/1858
Note from William H. Hyde at Nacogdoches to David Rusk to give A. Mitchell 10 bushels of corn, 7/9/1873*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 98, 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:
7/9/1873*
Account of George Clevenger with David Rusk for beef, corn and oats, 1845-1853
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 99, 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:
1845-1853
Receipt from David Rusk to D. Burrows for ginning and bailing cotton in 11/1869, 1/22/1871
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 100, 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:
1/22/1871
Promissory note from Condy and Henry W. Raguet to Maria Rusk for $6.50, 11/20/1851
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 101, 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:
11/20/1851
Letter from Benjamin A. Vansickle in Rusk Co. to David Rusk about debts he owes to James Walling. Vansickle asks Rusk to help collect on a debt owed by Mr. Lewis or for Rusk to lend him some of his own money, 8/1845*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 102, 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:
8/1845*
Cover letter from James R. Arnold at Nacogdoches to David Rusk explaining the delay in sending Rusk $200 (not enclosed) via his son John Rusk, 10/2/1857*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 103, 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:
10/2/1857*
Letter from John H. Moffett to James M. Charlton about the appraisement of a document for a court case concerning David Rusk, 3/1/1845
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 105, 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:
3/1/1845
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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David Rusk
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Legal papers
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Box 1
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General
Letter from lawyer Richard Walker to his client David Rusk relating a conversation he had about the court case of Besen Stroud vs. Roberts with Stroud’s lawyer. Both lawyer’s agreed to work together to revive the case, 3/26/1855
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 106, 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:
3/26/1855
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Legal papers
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Box 1
/
General
Note from collection agents Goodman and Earle to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting Rusk know they have collected Robert S. Patton’s debt. Includes envelope, 6/16/1856
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 107, 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:
6/16/1856
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Legal papers
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Box 1
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Robert S. Patton
Letter from Marston Winston in Wise Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about Winston’s new baby, planting crops and a Comanche raid that killed two families in Jack Co., 5/16/1858
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 110, 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:
5/16/1858
Partial letter from unknown to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting him know that Alexander W. Terrell has declined his appointment to the Confederate Reserve Regiment. The author asks Rusk for help recruiting men and expresses anxiety about the long term of service dissuading enlistment, 11/29/1861
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 113, 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:
11/29/1861
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
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David Rusk
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Military matters
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Box 1
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About the Civil War
Letter from William M. Old at Boeff to David Rusk at Nacogdoches recounting fighting Union gunboats and transports on the Red River and giving a few thoughts about the 1864 Presidential election. Old gives specific details of the attack on the Union steamer City Belle and the capture of its passengers and cargo. Union colonel John J. Mudd was killed in the attack, 5/5/1864
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 114, 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:
5/5/1864
Letter from Samuel J. Jordan in Amity, Arkansas to David Rusk in Nacogdoches. Jordan was a Texas Ranger during the 1839 Cherokee War who fought with Rusk and asks him if he knows if veterans are entitled to a land grant or not, 10/15/1858
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 115, 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:
10/15/1858
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
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Military matters
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Box 1
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Veteran claims
Letter from Winn Nettles at Houston to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk to sign an affidavit that he served with him after the Battle of San Jacinto so that he can receive a state pension. Includes envelope, 8/16/1876
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 117, 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:
8/16/1876
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
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Military matters
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Box 1
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Veteran claims
Affidavit by David Rusk stating that he lost or mislaid his Texas Revolution service pension certificate issued 8/13/1870 and would like a duplicate made, 5/16/1873
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 118, 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:
5/16/1873
Circular entitled “Who are Entitled to Pensions” from land agents DeCordova, Withers & Co. in Austin, 5/15/1874
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 120, 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:
5/15/1874
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
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