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Box 1

 Container

Contains 848 Results:

Letter from James Barker at Gilmer, Upshur Co., to David Rusk confessing to have just learned that he is squatting on land owned by Rusk. Barker states he immigrated to Texas in the winter of 1849 and hopes that Rusk will let him stay on the land, allowing him to purchase some or the entire tract he is on at a fair price over time, as he currently has no money, 8/25/1850

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 52, 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: 8/25/1850

Letter from Thomas D. Brooks at Gilmer, Upshur Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches informing Rusk that he told squatter James Barker to either buy the whole tract of land or leave. Brooks tells Rusk that Barker left the state and did not damage the land, 6/29/1851

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 52, 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: 6/29/1851

Letter from William Hogan at Gilmer to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk if he wants to sell his 640-acre tract of land on Caney Creek in Upshur Co., 8/29/1852

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 52, 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: 8/29/1852

Letter from Elisha Gaines in Upshur Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches telling Rusk that he cannot make it to town as promised and that he will send Rusk’s money along with someone else, 12/27/1852

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 52, 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: 12/27/1852

Letter from Elisha Gaines in Upshur Co. to David Rusk asking if they can renegotiate a deed and wanting to know about the price of mules in Nacogdoches Co., 8/30/1853

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 53, 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: 8/30/1853

Letter from Henry Hester to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting Rusk know that he has sold his interest in the land he bought from Rusk to Elisha Gaines, 2/20/1854

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 53, 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: 2/20/1854

Letter from Elisha Gaines in Upshur Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting Rusk that he has not been able to come up with all the money to pay off the money Hester owed on the land, 10/16/1854

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 53, 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: 10/16/1854

Letter from Elisha Gaines in Upshur Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches explaining why he has not been able to come up with the money he owes to Rusk, 1/26/1855

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 53, 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: 1/26/1855

Letter from Elisha Gaines in Upshur Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting Rusk know that he needs another month to pay him his money, 12/6/1855*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 53, 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: 12/6/1855*

Letter from Ephraim P. Moore at Quitman to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about secession excitement in Henderson and the variable quality of Rusk’s land in Upshur Co., 12/16/1860

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 53, 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: 12/16/1860

Receipt from Van Zandt Co. tax collector W. C. Grees to David Rusk for 1848 taxes. The receipt lists out the quantity and origin for four tracts of land, 6/25/1849*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 54, 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: 6/25/1849*

Letter from James K. B___, accountant for David Rusk, in Smith Co. to Rusk at Nacogdoches explaining that he has paid Rusk’s taxes in Van Zandt Co. for 1848-1849 but that his agent in Kaufman Co. has not yet sent the receipts to confirm payment of 1848-1849 taxes there, 8/15/1850

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 54, 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: 8/15/1850

Note from A. J. Parker at Canton to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting him know that he has recorded the 320-acre patent transferred from the estate of James W. Cleveland to Rusk at the Van Zandt Co. office, 1/10/1860*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 54, 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: 1/10/1860*

Receipt from Van Zandt Co. tax collector M. D. Moore to David Rusk for 1867 taxes, 12/21/1868*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 54, 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: 12/21/1868*

Letter from Henry C. Hubert at Kemp to David Rusk about inspecting land Rusk owns near Jordan’s Saline in Van Zandt Co. for squatters. Hubert also writes about flooding in Kaufman Co., 2/19/1869

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 54, 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: 2/19/1869

Receipt from Van Zandt Co. tax collector M. D. Moore to David Rusk for 1868 taxes. Moore seems to have had lost his record of the 1867 tax payment as he threatens to hold Rusk delinquent for that year and sell the land, 3/13/1869*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 54, 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: 3/13/1869*

Letter from King and Milam at Bright Star in Van Zandt Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting Rusk know there are two squatters on his land cutting timber and putting up cabins, 4/10/1869*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 55, 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: 4/10/1869*

Letter from King and Milam at Bright Star in Van Zandt Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking for power of attorney to sell Rusk’s land there, 11/27/1869

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 55, 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: 11/27/1869

Letter from King and Milam at Bright Star in Van Zandt Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting Rusk know their assessment of the land’s value and how it should be divided, 1/10/1870

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 55, 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: 1/10/1870

Letter from King and Milam at Bright Star in Van Zandt Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches complaining about Rusk being unresponsive to their letters and letting him know there is a 27-acre farm on his property that they have rented out, 2/22/1870*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 55, 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: 2/22/1870*