Box 1
Container
Contains 848 Results:
Letter from A. P. Shaford to David Rusk asking for information about people living in San Augustine Co., 7/22/1877
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 29, 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:
7/22/1877
Postcard from M. D. McCall at Fort Worth to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking him if he knows the whereabouts of the heirs of Clark A. Wiggins, July 6
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 29, 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:
July 6
Postcard from M. D. McCall at Fort Worth to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking him if he knows the whereabouts of the heirs of Henry McEntire, July 7
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 29, 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:
July 7
Note sent to David Rusk pertaining to Curtina Martinez, Juan Jose Martinez, Harriet L. Brown, and Thomas J. Brown. Includes envelope, Undated
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 29, 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:
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.
Letter from W. H. Davis in Pickens Co., Alabama to David Rusk in Nacogdoches Co. about the ongoing effects of the Panic of 1837 there and a new romance, 7/5/1840
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30, 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:
7/5/1840
Letter from Daniel Lacy at Montgomery to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about Lacy’s family and their shared business interests, 1/1/1841*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30, 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:
1/1/1841*
Letter from W. C. Wright to David Rusk thanking Rusk for taking up some of Wright’s strayed cattle, 10/6/1841
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30, 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:
10/6/1841
Letter from Robert Smith at Henderson to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk to hold onto the money he gave him until either himself or Charles F. McClarty can come to collect it, 5/9/1846
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30, 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:
5/9/1846
Letter from Charles S. Taylor to David Rusk about a slave Rusk sold in 1842 as Sheriff of Nacogdoches Co. William J. Bon, administrator of the estate of John M. Bon, bought the slave from J. T. Huddleston. Taylor has receipts for the slave and judge’s fee but none for the sheriff. He asks Rusk if he has this receipt so that Bon can settle the transaction with the court, 3/27/1848
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30, 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:
3/27/1848
Letter from T. Mill to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk to come visit his family, c.1840s
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30, 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:
c.1840s
Note from Ephraim Coon to David Rusk about buying a white ox from Bennett Blake. Coon also reminds Rusk to tell James Hart and his brother that the next time they are in town they must stay with the Coon family, 7/1/1852
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30, 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:
7/1/1852
Note from J. L. Shanks at Nacogdoches to David Rusk informing him of the passing and impending burial of Charles Chevaillier, 12/30/1852*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30, Item: 8
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:
12/30/1852*
Letter from James H. Kinney in Nacogdoches Co. to David Rusk in Nacogdoches asking if a certain estray and unmarked steer belongs to Rusk. Kinney suggests to Rusk that he sell the animal before someone kills it, 6/18/1854*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30, Item: 9
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:
6/18/1854*
Letter from R. E. Wynne in Rusk Co. to David Rusk asking if he has any recollection of a partnership between Robert W. Smith, Richard Sparks and Thomas J. Patterson to locate and improve land in Upshur Co. Wynne represents Smith in a lawsuit against Thorn & Allen, who bought out the interest of Richard Sparks’ estate, over land title and is looking for some proof of the partnership, which was not originally formalized in writing between Sparks or Smith, 2/25/1856*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 31, 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:
2/25/1856*
Letter from Henry C. Hubert to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about the virtues of the Oregon pea as a crop, 5/3/1856*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 31, 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:
5/3/1856*
Note from James H. Starr to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk to stop by his office the next time he is town. Includes envelope, 5/22/1856
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 31, 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:
5/22/1856
Letter from Thomas D. Brooks at Gilmer to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting him know that Elisha Gaines has deposited all the money he owes Rusk with Brooks. Most of the letter is about a fever that killed Brooks’ wife, his bout with the same sickness and how the subsequent grief is worse even than the earlier loss of his parents and siblings. Includes envelope, 1/6/1857*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 31, 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:
1/6/1857*
Letter from Condy Raguet to David Rusk at Nacogdoches offering his carriage for Rusk to borrow, 1/25/1862*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 31, 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:
1/25/1862*
Letter from Molly Irion to David Rusk asking him to give her any food that he can spare, 5/18/1867
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 31, 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:
5/18/1867
Letter from J. M. Watts at Montgomery to David Rusk at Nacogdoches introducing the bearers of the letter, Cicero D. Lacy and M. C. Lacy, the now of-age sons of his long-time business partner Daniel Lacy, 11/22/1871
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 31, 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:
11/22/1871