Box 1
Container
Contains 848 Results:
Bill from the Southwestern-Telegram at Shreveport to David Rusk at Nacogdoches for four year’s subscription, 12/22/1876*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 93, Item: 9
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:
12/22/1876*
Letter from David Rusk to Joshua Millard laying out his desire to sue the Southwestern Telegram newspaper in Shreveport for charging him for the wrong subscription dates and not responding to his correspondence trying to fix the issue, 2/21/1877*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 93, Item: 10
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:
2/21/1877*
Bill from the Southwestern-Telegram at Shreveport to David Rusk for 1875-1877, 3/26/1877*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 93, Item: 11
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:
3/26/1877*
Promissory note from Larkin A. Wells to David Rusk for $1, 9/11/1832*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 94, 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:
9/11/1832*
Promissory note from Thomas T. Howell to David Rusk for $1.68, 8/30/1833*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 94, 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:
8/30/1833*
Promissory note from John R. Cochran to David Rusk for $4.8125, 10/2/1833*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 94, 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:
10/2/1833*
Promissory note from James Woody to David Rusk for $7.50, 11/4/1833*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 94, 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:
11/4/1833*
Promissory note from Robert Mcray to David Rusk for $1.9375, 6/1834*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 94, 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:
6/1834*
Promissory note from A. Bugg to David Rusk for $6.50, 2/26/1835*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 94, 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:
2/26/1835*
Promissory note from A. M. Norris to David Rusk for $8.46, 4/21/1835*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 94, 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:
4/21/1835*
Promissory note from Walton Wyly to David Rusk for $15, 6/22/1835*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 94, Item: 8
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:
6/22/1835*
Bill from Samuel Day and Co. to William Humphries for his account (recto). Receipt for $5 to David Rusk (verso), 2/7/1833*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 95, 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:
2/7/1833*
Receipt from William O. Bowen, Justice of the Peace, Lumpkin Co., Georgia to David Rusk for collection of an $8.8125 bill due by P. Mulkey, 4/14/1833*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 95, 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:
4/14/1833*
Receipt from Allen Butt to David Rusk for collecting notes due to Thomas J. Rusk from Jemima Gilbert ($9.9375) and John Sanders ($7.5275) dated 2/2/1835 (recto). Receipt from Jemima Gilbert to David Rusk of an additional $9, 3/9/1835*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 95, 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:
3/9/1835*
Receipt dated 9/11/1834 from William White to Thomas J. Rusk for payments on promissory notes by Wilson Johnson, John B. Chastain and David Caldwell, 1829-1831 (recto). Two notes that John B. Chastain made payments to David Rusk (verso), 3/19/1835*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 95, 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:
3/19/1835*
Receipt dated 1/28/1835 from Justice of the Peace William W. Welcher to John Noblett for collecting 1834 notes from George Blythe ($12.625) and Talton L. Hudging ($7) (recto). Receipt from William W. Welcher to David Rusk for $10 from the Blythe case (verso), 4/10/1835*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 95, 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:
4/10/1835*
Receipt from Justice of the Peace Singleton Sisk to David Rusk for collecting on a note of $22.50 from James Prince, William D. Prince and John Moreland that was first due 11/17/1834, 4/13/1835*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 95, 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:
4/13/1835*
Receipt from Justice of the Peace Isaac Black to David Rusk for collecting on notes of $39.875 from Isaac Hobson ($10 credit) and $18.8025 from Andrew Johnson, 4/1835*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 95, 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:
4/1835*
Letter from John N. Brooke in San Augustine asking David Rusk in Nacogdoches to send him some brown sugar, 12/17/1838
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 96, 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:
12/17/1838
Note from Thomas J. Jennings to David Rusk asking Rusk if he can borrow his cart, 8/28/1848
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 96, 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:
8/28/1848

