Box 1
Container
Contains 848 Results:
Partial letter from B. A. Vansickle to James _____ about an accounting error in a financial settlement with David Rusk, Undated
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 103, 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:
1849 - 1872
Cash on hand (gold, silver, currency), 7/28/1877
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 104, 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:
7/28/1877
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Business incomes
/
Box 1
/
Other
Bond and affidavit by Adolphus Sterne allowing him to sell one third of a league and labor in Houston Co. from the Jose Maria Mora headright to James H. Starr. Sterne originally bought the land from David Rusk but lost the deed. Without the proper paperwork, the bond from Sterne gives Rusk power to transfer the land to Starr, 6/28/1843*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 105, 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:
6/28/1843*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Legal papers
/
Box 1
/
General
Letter from J. P. Hollingsworth in Henderson to David Rusk in Nacogdoches explaining that the papers Rusk asked for are unavailable because Rusk Co. District Court Judge Ochiltree would not allow original documents to leave the courthouse, 9/16/1844
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 105, 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:
9/16/1844
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Legal papers
/
Box 1
/
General
Letter from John H. Moffett to James M. Charlton about the appraisement of a document for a court case concerning David Rusk, 3/1/1845
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 105, 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:
3/1/1845
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Legal papers
/
Box 1
/
General
Receipt from Elizabeth Wilburn, administratrix of the estate of Daniel Wilburn, to David Rusk for $20 he owed from a court judgment against him by the District Court, 1/22/1848
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 105, 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:
1/22/1848
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Legal papers
/
Box 1
/
General
Receipt from Charles S. Taylor, attorney for Elizabeth Wilburn, administratrix of the estate of Daniel Wilburn, to David Rusk for $20.38 that Rusk owed from a court judgment against him in the District Court, 1/22/1848
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 105, 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:
1/22/1848
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Legal papers
/
Box 1
/
General
Receipt from Elizabeth Wilburn, administratrix of the estate of Daniel Wilburn, to David Rusk for $30 he owed from a court judgment against him by the District Court, 1/15/1849
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 105, 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:
1/15/1849
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Legal papers
/
Box 1
/
General
Summons sent to David Rusk by Nacogdoches Co. Justice of the Peace Horatio Nelson requiring Rusk to explain why he hasn’t paid $54.88 owed after losing judgment in the 3/20/1847 district court case of Charles E. Taliaferro and Martha Taliaferro vs. Jane B. Hart, administratrix of the estate of William Hart, and David Rusk, 12/30/1850
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 105, 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:
12/30/1850
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Legal papers
/
Box 1
/
General
Names of grand jurors, including David Rusk, circa 1840s-1850s**
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 105, 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:
circa 1840s-1850s**
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Legal papers
/
Box 1
/
General
Summons given to James Hart, Justice of the Peace for Nacogdoches Co., for George Clevenger to testify in the District Court case of Charles Chevallier vs. George Clevenger and David Rusk, 11/25/1851
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 106, 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:
11/25/1851
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Legal papers
/
Box 1
/
General
Receipt from J. M. Charlton to David Rusk for legal fees in the case of David Rusk vs. Thomas J. Rusk, administrator of James W. Cleaveland, 12/10/1851*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 106, 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:
12/10/1851*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Legal papers
/
Box 1
/
General
Letter from lawyer Richard Walker to his client David Rusk relating a conversation he had about the court case of Besen Stroud vs. Roberts with Stroud’s lawyer. Both lawyer’s agreed to work together to revive the case, 3/26/1855
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 106, 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:
3/26/1855
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Legal papers
/
Box 1
/
General
Note from H. C. Hancock, administrator of the estate of P. Fulghum, stating that he miscalculated the interest on an execution settlement payment to David Rusk by $8.25, 7/3/1856*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 106, 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:
7/3/1856*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Legal papers
/
Box 1
/
General
Receipt sent 5/6/1851 to David Rusk by Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff William G. Engledow for $75.38, the amount owed after losing judgment in the 3/20/1847 district court case of Charles E. Taliaferro and Martha Taliaferro vs. Jane B. Hart, administratrix of the estate of William Hart, and David Rusk (recto). Affidavit by David Rusk to Justice of the Peace James Hart that he signed the original judgment dated 7/2/1851 (verso). Also a receipt from David Rusk to Jane B. Hart for $13.50 of the probate payment, 1/10/1859*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 106, 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:
1/10/1859*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Legal papers
/
Box 1
/
General
Bill of costs from the District Clerk of Cherokee Co. to David Rusk for court fees in civil case no.1182, David Rusk vs. S. W. Kirk, et al., 8/19/1860
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 106, 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:
8/19/1860
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Legal papers
/
Box 1
/
General
Bill of costs in the Cherokee Co. District civil court case of David Rusk vs. Samuel W. Kirk, Undated
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 106, 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:
1851-1860
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Legal papers
/
Box 1
/
General
Letter from collection agents Goodman and Earle at Tyler to David Rusk at Nacogdoches confirming receipt of a promissory note given to Rusk by Robert S. Patton in 1852. Includes envelope, 3/2/1855
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 107, 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:
3/2/1855
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Legal papers
/
Box 1
/
Robert S. Patton
Letter from Robert S. Patton in Smith Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking for more time before the collection on the debt case Rusk just won in court against Patton. Patton suggests he can get money from the cotton-carrying flat boats he builds and navigates down the Sabine River, 11/5/1855
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 107, 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:
11/5/1855
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Legal papers
/
Box 1
/
Robert S. Patton
Note from collection agents Goodman and Earle to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting Rusk know they have collected Robert S. Patton’s debt. Includes envelope, 6/16/1856
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 107, 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:
6/16/1856
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Legal papers
/
Box 1
/
Robert S. Patton