Box 1
Container
Contains 848 Results:
Nacogdoches Co. deed of conveyance from Thomas J. Rusk, administrator of the estate of James W. Cleaveland, to David Rusk transferring to David Rusk 320-acres of land Cleaveland received for three months service in the Texas Revolution. Cleaveland and David Rusk made the agreement in 1837, it was executed by Thomas J. Rusk 9/15/1849, but the document was not filed with the county court until 1860, 1/7/1860
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15, 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:
1/7/1860
Empty envelopes for letters from Thomas J. Rusk to David Rusk. Condition varies.
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 16, Item: 1-26
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:
Event: The Thomas J. Rusk Letters (59 originals, 1 photocopy) were loaned from 6/24/1975 to early 2005.; Event: Purchased by the University 9/26/2016.; Event: Purchased materials received by the ETRC 10/10/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 10/24/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 1/23/2017.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 3/15/2017.
Empty envelopes for letters from Thomas J. Rusk to David Rusk*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 16, Item: 27-28
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:
Event: The Thomas J. Rusk Letters (59 originals, 1 photocopy) were loaned from 6/24/1975 to early 2005.; Event: Purchased by the University 9/26/2016.; Event: Purchased materials received by the ETRC 10/10/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 10/24/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 1/23/2017.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 3/15/2017.
Note on the back of an envelope about letters from Thomas J. Rusk to David Rusk made by Verna Rusk, 9/6/1967
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 16, Item: 29
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:
9/6/1967
Letter from Mary Rusk in the Pickens District of South Carolina to her son David Rusk pleading with him to write her on a regular basis. She mentions that she is sick, indebted and that times are tough in South Carolina, especially with the influx of German settlers, 9/1/1850
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 17, Item: data_value_missing_45a63ff3d5239c25e3c4bda0d02ef441
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:
9/1/1850
Letter from Mary Rusk in Pickens District, South Carolina to her son David Rusk at Nacogdoches on a range of subjects. She writes about her health, about wanting to move to Texas but for still being in debt, the high price of goods in South Carolina, and the disposition of David’s sisters as best she knows. Mary Rusk thanks David for the $50 he recently sent her but also asks for $200 more. She also mentions the letter sent by Mr. Norton in November, 1/1852
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 17, Item: data_value_missing_7880140670a78f5937c86f630b9e9843
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:
1/1852
Letter from Mary Rusk in the Pickens District of South Carolina to her son David Rusk at Nacogdoches pleading with him to write her on a regular basis. She mentions that she is very sick and that she can only ask him or Thomas for help, 11/5/1852
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 17, Item: data_value_missing_b0a1f534c0aea56345c4013892c2e6b1
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:
11/5/1852
Letter from Mary Rusk in South Carolina to her son David Rusk in Nacogdoches asking for money due to her failing health, 7/10/1857
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 17, Item: data_value_missing_3ca472ee178e4ee7618f4b25428bf18e
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:
7/10/1857
Letter from Mary Rusk to her brother David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking him to send her some sugar and trinkets, Pre-1857
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 17, Item: data_value_missing_968d2391aeb4bfdf9eecd5fd1e5b7ae1
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:
Other: Pre-1857
Letter from brother-in-law Nathan Dodd near Yonah Mountain, Georgia to David and Elizabeth Rusk at Nacogdoches catching them up on news for the extended Rusk family and inquiring if the conditions in Texas are good enough that he should move his family there. Dodd claims that this letter is a response to the first letter he and his wife have received from David Rusk since 1837, 9/1/1850
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 18, 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:
9/1/1850
Letter from William Dodd and Mary Dodd in Habersham, GA to their uncle David Rusk at Nacogdoches relating information about local prices for foodstuffs, family health and a desire to visit Texas, 1/25/1852*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 18, 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:
1/25/1852*
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 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 Rachel McWhorter in the Pickens District of South Carolina to her brother David Rusk at Nacogdoches shaming him for not helping to care for their mother and asking why he won’t write back. Rachel also mentions that she knows that David does not like her husband, 3/2/1859
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 19, 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:
3/2/1859
Letter from Rachel McWhorter in the Pickens District of South Carolina to her brother David Rusk at Nacogdoches telling him that their mother is not doing well, that her husband has consumption, and that David needs to help out, 7/20/1859
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 19, 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:
7/20/1859
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 Mary Rusk Bruce in Habersham Co., Georgia to her brother David Rusk at Nacogdoches giving him an update on their siblings living across the South and telling him that their sister Rachel McWhorter and her husband are spending all the money David and Thomas are sending to their mother on themselves, 8/12/1864
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 20, 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:
8/12/1864
Note from John Rusk at Melrose to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting his father know he will be home at Christmas, 12/15/1856
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 21, 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:
12/15/1856
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 13-year old John Rusk to his father David Rusk telling him that the family is looking forward to when David comes home and that hopefully he (John) will be a better writer with their next correspondence, 1/2/1857
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 21, 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:
1/2/1857
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 1
/
John Rusk (son)
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
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 1
/
John Rusk (son)