Box 1
Container
Contains 848 Results:
Letter from L. Noble to David Rusk asking Rusk if he can help pay off the account of Robert W. Smith, 3/27/1848
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 102, 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:
3/27/1848
Note from Adolphus Sterne to David Rusk asking if Rusk could lend him some money for his trip to Galveston, 7/12/1848
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 102, 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:
7/12/1848
Note from George Clevenger to David Rusk asking to borrow $20, 3/6/1849
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 103, 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:
3/6/1849
Letter from Frederick Voight at Nacogdoches to David Rusk asking to borrow $50, 10/20/1855*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 103, 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:
10/20/1855*
Cover letter from James R. Arnold at Nacogdoches to David Rusk explaining the delay in sending Rusk $200 (not enclosed) via his son John Rusk, 10/2/1857*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 103, 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:
10/2/1857*
Letter from C. W. Chaney to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking him for another year to raise the $50 he owes Rusk. Chaney mentions a drought as the mitigating factor on his debt. Includes envelope, 12/24/1871
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 103, 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:
12/24/1871
Letter from James R. Arnold at Shreveport to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about a payment made to Raguet & Fry, one received from Gregg & Ford and the difficulty of selling poor cotton at market, 12/24/1872*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 103, 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:
12/24/1872*
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
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David Rusk
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Business incomes
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Box 1
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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
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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
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Legal papers
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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