Box 1
Container
Contains 848 Results:
Note from Moses Chancelor to David Rusk thanking Rusk for holding money from Chancelor’s son, Undated
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 31, 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:
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 George W. Smyth, General Land Office, at Austin to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting Rusk know that he has examined the field notes Rusk sent, the claims are correct, and patents will be issued. The only claim denied was on the Thomas Stanford League, 7/3/1848*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 32, 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:
7/3/1848*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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David Rusk
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Land papers
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Box 1
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General Land Office
Letter from George W. Smyth, General Land Office, at Austin to David Rusk at Nacogdoches informing Rusk that the patents and field notes he requested are in the mail by separate enclosure, 8/11/1848*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 32, 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:
8/11/1848*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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David Rusk
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Land papers
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Box 1
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General Land Office
Receipt from George W. Smyth, Commissioner of the General Land Office, to David Rusk for payment of dues on the Jesus Flores 8 ⅓ leagues and labors, 12/5/1849*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 32, 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:
12/5/1849*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
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Land papers
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Box 1
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General Land Office
Receipt from George W. Smyth, Commissioner of the General Land Office, to David Rusk for payment of dues on two leagues of land, 12/5/1849*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 32, 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:
12/5/1849*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
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Box 1
/
General Land Office
Cover letter from J. Crosby, General Land Office, at Austin to David Rusk for a land grant of 320 acres in Van Zandt Co. granted to James W. Cleaveland, 8/5/1853*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 32, 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:
8/5/1853*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
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Land papers
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Box 1
/
General Land Office
Receipt from A. J. Campbell, General Land Office Receiving Clerk, at Austin to Jno. S. Thorn for paying taxes on 2 labors of land in Nacogdoches Co. owned by Thomas Stanford, 7/26/1854
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 32, 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:
7/26/1854
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
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Box 1
/
General Land Office
Cover letter from J. Crosby, General Land Office, at Austin to David Rusk at Nacogdoches for a land certificate (not enclosed) on the Jno. Sparks claim, 9/21/1856*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 32, 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:
9/21/1856*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
General Land Office
Letter from G. Crosby at the General Land Office in Austin to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting Rusk know that certificates of balance are issued by the Commissioner of Claims, 9/1/1857
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 32, 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:
9/1/1857
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
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Land papers
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Box 1
/
General Land Office
Receipt from F. W. Moore, General Land Office to J. Crosby (for Starr and Amory) for $4.64, 20 percent of the $23.20 fees for two patents on 26 labors of land pertaining to Jose Maria Mora, 4/13/1858*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 32, 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:
4/13/1858*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
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Box 1
/
General Land Office
Letter from William C. Duffield to David Rusk about a proposition to buy land adjoining Rusk’s plantation in Jefferson Co. from a. Mr. Shelby and then sell it to Rusk, 6/13/1843
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 33, 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:
6/13/1843
Receipt from Anderson Co. tax collector William M. Gibson to David Rusk and Henry W. Raguet for 1848 taxes, Anderson Co. tax collector William M. Gibson to David Rusk and Henry W. Raguet for 1848 taxes.* 3/23/1849*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 33, 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:
Anderson Co. tax collector William M. Gibson to David Rusk and Henry W. Raguet for 1848 taxes.* 3/23/1849*
Receipt no.1082 from Comptroller James B. Shaw at Austin to David Rusk for his 1849 taxes on 1,535-acres of land in Anderson Co., 10/31/1849*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 33, 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:
10/31/1849*
Receipt from Nacogdoches Co. tax collector Andrew Caddel to David Rusk for his 1853 Henderson Co. taxes on the Jose Maria Mora land grant, 3/20/1854*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 33, 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:
3/20/1854*
Letter from James H. Starr to David Rusk letting him know that the Texas legislature has just passed a law that will allow Starr and Rusk to “float” the Mora headright in Henderson Co. Starr wants to meet with Rusk so that they can get started on the paperwork, 9/11/1856*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 33, 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:
9/11/1856*
Letter from W. M. Wagner at Longview to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about land in Smith Co. Includes envelope, 7/5/1871
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 33, 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:
7/5/1871
Letter from Robert W. Smith at Henderson to David Rusk at Nacogdoches talking about them going over to Cherokee Co. and inspecting some land on the Neches River as well the likelihood of a Christmas Ball being hosted by Col. Tipps, 12/21/1846
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 34, 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:
12/21/1846
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
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Box 1
/
Cherokee Co.
Cherokee Co. indenture renting and leasing land on the Angelina River for three years from David Rusk to C. D. Aston. Rusk’s terms included Aston build a log cabin and smokehouse, clear and farm at least 10 acres of land, maintain and operate a ferry boat, and pay half of ferry profits to Rusk, 1/1/1847
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 34, 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:
1/1/1847
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Cherokee Co.
Note from Cherokee Co. tax collector Jesse Gibson at Rusk to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting Rusk know how much tax he owes and that his land is up for sale in three weeks, 6/10/1848*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 34, 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:
6/10/1848*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Cherokee Co.
Letter from John H. Irby in Cherokee Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about the disposition of their adjacent land surveys, 6/13/1848*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 34, 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:
6/13/1848*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Cherokee Co.