Skip to main content

Box 1

 Container

Contains 848 Results:

Receipt from Nacogdoches Co. tax collector Ephraim Coon to Starr & Amory, agents of David Rusk and the estate of Thomas J. Rusk, for their 1858 Wise Co. and Parker Co. taxes on the Jose Maria Mora Grant, 1/11/1859*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 48, 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: 1/11/1859*

Redemption certificate from Parker Co. tax collector Benton Lank to David Rusk for the 819-acre Jose Maria Mora grant. Rusk failed to pay 1868 taxes, had the land bought by someone else, and redeemed the property for $10, 12/3/1869*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 49, 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: 12/3/1869*

Letter from attorney and land agent J. W. Booth at Decatur in Wise Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk if he’s interested in selling his land in Wise Co. Includes business card and envelope, 8/29/1871

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 49, 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: 8/29/1871

Letter from S. P. Church in Brooklyn, New York to David Rusk at Nacogdoches looking to buy all or part of land that Rusk, P. F. Edwards and A. J. Simpson own (and might wish to combine and then partition) in Wise Co. and Parker Co. from the Jose Maria Mora Grant. Church is looking to invest in cheap land in Texas. Rusk had recently sold the interest of his nephew Cicero Rusk in the land to Edwards and Simpson, 9/4/1871*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 49, 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: 9/4/1871*

Cover letter from David Rusk at Nacogdoches to the District Clerk of Parker Co. for land documents (no longer enclosed), 12/2/1872

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 49, 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: 12/2/1872

Letter from Amory R. Starr at Marshall to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk if he is interested in selling his land in Parker Co. Includes business card, 7/7/1873

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 49, 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: 7/7/1873

Letter from Amory R. Starr at Marshall to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk to send the patent for the Jose Maria Mora league so that Starr can make a copy of it, 12/10/1875

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 49, 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: 12/10/1875

Letter from Amory R. Starr at Marshall to David Rusk at Nacogdoches thanking Rusk for allowing him to copy the patent for the Jose Maria Mora league, 12/27/1875

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 49, Item: 7
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: 12/27/1875

Letter from Albert Devereux at Aurora, Wise Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches offering to survey and sell Rusk’s land in Parker and Wise counties for him, 5/4/1876

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 50, 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: 5/4/1876

Letter from J. H. Muckleroy at Terrell to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about finding Rusk an agent in Weatherford to manage his land in Parker Co., 1/19/1877

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 50, 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: 1/19/1877

Letter from James F. Starr at Marshall to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about Starr’s purchase of 1,535 acres in Parker Co. from Rusk for $1,535. Rusk must give the deed to Edwards & Irion in Nacogdoches to collect payment on their land deal, 3/12/1877*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 50, 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: 3/12/1877*

Letter from James F. Starr at Marshall to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about Starr’s purchase of 1,535 acres in Parker Co. (Jose Maria Mora League) from Rusk for $1,535. Starr has sent payment but not yet received the deed for the land from Rusk. Includes envelope, 3/28/1877

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 50, 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: 3/28/1877

Postcard from tax collector Charles Lindsey at Weatherford to Amory R. Starr at Marshall letting Starr know that David Rusk’s taxes in Parker Co. for 1877 are $21.49, 1/9/1878

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 50, 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: 1/9/1878

Fragment of notes pertaining to settlers on the Jose Maria Mora League, Undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 50, 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: 1876-1878

Letter from Robert W. Smith at Henderson to David Rusk at Nacogdoches requesting Rusk send the deed for half of the James W. Crunk headright so that Smith can settle his land matters with Crunk, 7/6/1850*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 51, 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: 7/6/1850*

Letter from M. G. Bagley at Henderson to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk if he has any recollection of a bond by James W. Crunk that transferred half of Crunk’s headright in Rusk Co. to Robert W. Smith and Thomas J. Rusk, 2/18/1876

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 51, 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: 2/18/1876

Letter from M. G. Bagley at Henderson to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk if he has any recollection of land transaction by James W. Crunk that transferred half of Crunk’s headright in Rusk Co. to Robert W. Smith and Thomas J. Rusk. Smith’s heirs claim Thomas J. Rusk sold his interest in the half headright and Bagley is looking for proof, 4/28/1876

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 51, 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: 4/28/1876

Letter from David Rusk at Nacogdoches to M. G. Bagley at Henderson responding to Bagley’s earlier letters and stating that the land transaction with James W. Crunk involved Robert W. Smith and himself, not his brother Thomas, 5/25/1876

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 51, 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: 5/25/1876

Receipt from Upshur Co. tax collector James W. Richardson to David Rusk for 1848 taxes, 10/10/1848*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 52, 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: 10/10/1848*

Receipt from Upshur Co. tax collector J. W. Richardson to David Rusk at Nacogdoches Co. for his taxes, 10/23/1849*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 52, 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: 10/23/1849*