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Box 1

 Container

Contains 848 Results:

Bill from James M. Trimble to David Rusk, Mr. Kirk and F. H. Daniel for surveying and partitioning the Thomas Stanford League in Cherokee Co., 5/28/1858*

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 35, Item: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 5/28/1858*

Two receipts from Anderson and Donley to David Rusk on one page. The first receipt ($25) is for the cost of James M. Trimble to survey and partition the Thomas Stanford League in Cherokee Co. The second receipt ($25) is for Anderson and Donley’s legal fees for procuring the partition of the lands owned by David Rusk and Samuel W. Kirk, et al., 7/7/1858*

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 35, Item: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 7/7/1858*

Duplicate receipt from the deputy district clerk of Cherokee Co. to David Rusk for fees in his case against Samuel W. Kirk, et al., 1/20/1859*

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 35, Item: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 1/20/1859*

Receipt from John Smith at Rusk to David Rusk for his legal services in the Cherokee Co. District Court case of David Rusk vs. Samuel W. Kirk, et al., 1/22/1859*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 36, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 1/22/1859*

Receipt from Nacogdoches Co. tax collector Ephraim Coon to David Rusk for his 1858 Cherokee Co. taxes, 1/25/1859*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 36, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 1/25/1859*

Receipt from the Cherokee Co. District Court to David Rusk for his service dividing the Stanford League (aka the David Rusk League) in Cherokee Co. pursuant to a court order in the case of David Rusk vs. Samuel W. Kirk, et al., 3/12/1859*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 36, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 3/12/1859*

Settlement for the cost of partitioning the Thomas Stanford League in Cherokee Co. signed by David Rusk and Samuel W. Kirk, 9/22/1860*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 36, Item: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 9/22/1860*

Receipt from Cherokee Co. tax collector A. A. Coupland to David Rusk for his 1867 taxes, 12/14/1867*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 36, Item: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 12/14/1867*

Letter from H. G. Hatchett in Cherokee Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about land in Cherokee Co., 5/28/1868*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 36, Item: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 5/28/1868*

Copy of an 8/19/1860 Cherokee Co. deed from David Rusk to Adkin Corley copied for the district court civil case of David Rusk vs. Samuel W. Kirk, et al., 1869*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 36, Item: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 1869*

Receipt from Adkin Corley to H. N. White conferring 200-acres of land from the Thomas Stanford League in Cherokee Co. Corley received a title bond for the land from David Rusk in 1869, 2/10/1870

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 37, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 2/10/1870

Letter from John W. Maness at Rusk to David Rusk at Nacogdoches inquiring about a tract of land on the Angelina River in Cherokee Co. Maness offers to buy it for $1,000. Includes envelope, 7/1/1870

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 37, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 7/1/1870

Letter from H. G. Hatchett in Cherokee Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking to buy 200-300 acres of land. Includes envelope, 9/8/1871

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 37, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 9/8/1871

Letter from W. W. Hatchett in Cherokee Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches making various propositions to buy 200 acres of land. Includes envelope, 11/16/1871

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 37, Item: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 11/16/1871

Letter from H. H. White at Rusk to David Rusk asking permission to have a camp meeting on his property, adjacent to the Hatchett’s, in Cherokee Co., 9/3/1872

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 37, Item: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 9/3/1872

Memo from Donley and Anderson outlining the land paperwork need for someone to file a lawsuit to partition the Thomas Stanford League in Cherokee Co., Undated*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 37, Item: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 1870-1872

Receipt from Hopkins Co. tax collector Robert E. Matthews to David Rusk for 1848 taxes, c.1849

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 38, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: c.1849

Letter from Edward A. Hatchett at Sulphur Springs to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking if Rusk will sell any of his land in Hopkins Co., 2/20/1853

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 38, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 2/20/1853

Letter from W. W. Webster at Sulphur Springs to David Rusk asking if he can buy land in Hopkins Co. adjacent to the Hatchett’s, 7/17/1855*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 38, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 7/17/1855*

Letter from Thomas D. Brookes at Sulphur Springs to David Rusk at Nacogdoches reflecting on their long friendship and promising to attend to and pay the taxes on Rusk’s land in Hopkins Co. Includes envelope, 7/20/1870

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 38, Item: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates: 7/20/1870