Box 1
Container
Contains 99 Results:
Appointment by Republic of Texas President Mirabeau Lamar of David Rusk as Sheriff of Nacogdoches Co., 3/29/1841
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, 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:
3/29/1841
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
Character oath for David Rusk made by J. R. Harris, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public of Nacogdoches Co., 4/12/1872
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, 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:
4/12/1872
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 Fort Houston (near Palestine) to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting David know that he is leaving the fort to raid an Indian village (Kickapoo) of between 150-600 warriors. Thomas talks about patriotism, his love of Texas and his fear that if the attack fails he will be criticized and “abused.” He feels that Sam Houston and others are playing politics at his expense and have not given him enough men for the raid, 10/14/1838
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, 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:
10/14/1838
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 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
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 confirming that David has not been appointed Texas’ U. S. Marshal. Rusk notes that the appointee John M. Allen came to see him and indicated he would offer David the post of deputy U. S. marshal. Thomas suggests that the President likely did not consider his nominations because he is “too friendly” with John C. Calhoun. Rusk confides that he wishes he had never run for office and that if things do not improve soon, he will resign before the next legislative session, 5/28/1846
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5, 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:
5/28/1846
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
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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
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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 about the Pearl Incident (77 slaves attempted to escape by ship from Washington, D. C. to New Jersey, a free state), revolutions in Europe and that whether or not the Congressional session will adjourn depends on the reception in Mexico to the proposed treaty, 4/23/1848
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7, 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:
4/23/1848
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 discussing a new book he has bought on raising dairy cows. Rusk also briefly mentions the growing Presidential election hysteria in the Capitol, 6/27/1848
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8, 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:
6/27/1848
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 telling his brother about battling for Texas’ interests in the Compromise of 1850’s Senate debate and that he should write to their sister Jane Rusk Thrift, 6/9/1850
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, 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:
6/9/1850
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 passing along further misgivings about their brother-in-law McWhorter, stating that he is working on a California to Texas Railroad bill and sharing that he has turned down a possible Presidential nomination, 4/6/1852
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10, 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:
4/6/1852
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
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Family correspondence
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Box 1
/
Thomas J. Rusk
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches with the revelation that not only their brother-in-law McWhorter, but also local merchants, are taking the money they each send to their mother in South Carolina and thus compelling her to further send letters asking them for money, 6/21/1852
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11, 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:
6/21/1852
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 Phantom Hill to David Rusk at Nacogdoches recounting a pair of Comanche raids in that area and a meeting that Rusk had with the Comanche. Rusk writes they are “a miserable set of beings” and close to starvation. He also notes that the land between Fort Belknap and Fort Phantom Hill is the best he’s ever seen, 10/8/1853
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12, 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:
10/8/1853
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
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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 recounting his good fortune to escape unscathed from stagecoach and railroad accidents on the trip to the Capitol. Rusk mentions that the Senate is at a standstill until the House elects a speaker and that Sam Houston is in trouble with the Texas Legislature. He also lets David know that their sister Rachael (married to McWhorter) has sent a letter asking for money and that he is ignoring it, 12/16/1855
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13, 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:
12/16/1855
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 telling David that Millard Fillmore received the Know-Nothing’s Presidential nomination and that Thomas is having a copy of the Washington Weekly Union sent to him with all the news, 3/7/1856
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14, 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:
3/7/1856
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 of condolence from Nathan Dodd and Nancy Rusk Dodd near Yonah Mountain, Georgia to David Rusk following the suicide of their brother Thomas J. Rusk, 11/28/1857
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 18, 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:
11/28/1857
Letter from John Rusk at Austin to David and Elizabeth Rusk at Nacogdoches expressing his grief after learning about the death of his sister Ophelia, 1/31/1862
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 21, 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:
1/31/1862
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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John Rusk (son)
Letter from John Starritt in South Carolina to David Rusk at Nacogdoches updating Rusk on his mother Mary Rusk and her situation with sister Rachel and her husband McWhorter. Starritt is dubious about their plan to immigrate to Texas in the fall with John Thrift. Starritt negatively describes the character and traits of McWhorter, 2/8/1854
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 23, 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:
2/8/1854
Receipt from M. P. Ridgell at Shady Grove, TX to David Rusk for the tuition of Eliza, Frank and Charles Rusk, 1866
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 25, 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:
1866
Receipt from Jno. H. Cox to David Rusk for Hannah Rusk’s school tuition, 1/14/1874
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 26, 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:
1/14/1874
Letter from J. T. White at Nacogdoches to David Rusk informing Rusk that he (White) will not be able to participate in the election because his wife is sick*, 8/3/1854
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 27, 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:
8/3/1854
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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David Rusk
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General correspondence
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Box 1
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About politics