Box 1
Container
Contains 848 Results:
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*
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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Rusk Co.
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
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Rusk Co.
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
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Rusk Co.
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
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Rusk Co.
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*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Upshur Co.
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*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Upshur Co.
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
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Upshur Co.
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
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Upshur Co.
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
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Upshur Co.
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
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Upshur Co.
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
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Upshur Co.
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
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Upshur Co.
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
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Upshur Co.
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
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Upshur Co.
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*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Upshur Co.
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
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Upshur Co.
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*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Van Zandt Co.
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
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Van Zandt Co.
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*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Van Zandt Co.