Box 1
Container
Contains 848 Results:
Letter from William C. Loving at Sulphur Springs to David Rusk at Nacogdoches thanking him for his letter of the 28th and asking Rusk, with one or two witnesses, to sign and get notarized an affidavit that Thomas D. Brooks served with Rusk in the Texas Revolution. This will allow Jane A. Brooks to receive the Texas Revolution service pension entitled to her late husband. Includes blank affidavit and envelope, 6/7/1874*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 116, Item: 3-4
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:
6/7/1874*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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David Rusk
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Military matters
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Box 1
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Veteran claims
Letter from William C. Loving at Sulphur Springs to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk to sign and get notarized an affidavit that Thomas D. Brooks served with him at the Battle of San Jacinto so that Brooks’ widow can receive a Texas Revolution service pension. Includes envelope, 7/21/1874
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 116, 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:
7/21/1874
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Military matters
/
Box 1
/
Veteran claims
Letter from Jane A. Brooks in Hopkins Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking him to help her get the Texas Revolution service pension of her deceased husband, Thomas D. Brooks. Includes envelope, 7/27/1874
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 116, 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:
7/27/1874
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Military matters
/
Box 1
/
Veteran claims
Letter from William C. Loving at Sulphur Springs to John Forbes and G. Whitaker at Nacogdoches asking them to sign and get notarized an affidavit that Thomas D. Brooks served with them at the Battle of San Jacinto so that Brooks’ widow can receive a Texas Revolution service pension. In the letter Loving concludes that David Rusk was “absent, sick or dead” because he had not yet responded to Loving letter to him on the same subject. Includes envelope, 10/1/1874
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 116, 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:
10/1/1874
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Military matters
/
Box 1
/
Veteran claims
Letter from John McCoy at Pocahontas, Arkansas to David Rusk at Nacogdoches inquiring about men that they served with at the Battle of San Jacinto in the Hayden Arnold’s 1st Infantry Co., 2nd Regiment of Volunteers. Includes business card and envelope, 8/3/1875
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 117, 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:
8/3/1875
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Military matters
/
Box 1
/
Veteran claims
Letter from John McCoy at Pocahontas, Arkansas to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting him know he will be passing through town on his way to Austin to see about receiving a Texas Revolution service pension. McCoy had not heard back from his August letter and feared Rusk was dead, 11/27/1875
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 117, 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:
11/27/1875
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Military matters
/
Box 1
/
Veteran claims
Letter from Winn Nettles at Houston to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk to sign an affidavit that he served with him after the Battle of San Jacinto so that he can receive a state pension. Includes envelope, 8/16/1876
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 117, 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:
8/16/1876
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Military matters
/
Box 1
/
Veteran claims
Letter from A. T. Edwards at Prairie Valley in Hill Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking him if he will prepare papers stating that John C. Walling served with him so that Walling’s widow can receive a Texas Revolution pension, 10/6/1876*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 117, 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:
10/6/1876*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Military matters
/
Box 1
/
Veteran claims
Two-page letter from Horatio Durst at Centerville to David Rusk asking for help proving that his father John Durst served in the Texas Revolution. Any information Rusk has will help Horatio’s mother Harriet Durst receive the Texas Revolution service pension entitled to her late husband, 3/31/1877*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 117, 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:
3/31/1877*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Military matters
/
Box 1
/
Veteran claims
Petition by Alfred M. Hallmark of Houston Co. for a Texas Revolution pension. The affidavit section of the document was lists David Rusk, 1877
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 117, 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:
1877
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Military matters
/
Box 1
/
Veteran claims
Partial letter (3 pages) from E. P. Wright in Alabama to David Rusk summarizing his life since getting wounded in the Texas Revolution, asking Rusk if he remembers serving with him and requesting that if does Rusk does remember that he send documentation so that Wright can receive a Texas Revolution service pension, c.1870s*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 117, 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:
c.1870s*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Military matters
/
Box 1
/
Veteran claims
Cover letter from Leonard M. Bradley, Clerk with the Texas Office of Comptroller of Public Accounts, to David Rusk at Nacogdoches for a $250 Texas Revolution pension certificate (not enclosed), 10/31/1870*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 118, 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:
10/31/1870*
Power of attorney from David Rusk to Amos Clark for managing Rusk’s annual Texas Revolution veteran’s pension, 12/31/1870
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 118, 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:
12/31/1870
Affidavit by David Rusk stating that he lost or mislaid his Texas Revolution service pension certificate issued 8/13/1870 and would like a duplicate made, 5/16/1873
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 118, 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:
5/16/1873
Texas Revolution service pension certificate issued to David Rusk to replace his lost or mislaid 8/13/1870 certificate, 6/4/1873
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 118, 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:
6/4/1873
Letter from W. N. Swift at Austin to David Rusk giving him a railroad pass to attend “the meeting of the old veterans” in Houston (pass no longer enclosed), 4/21/1874
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 118, 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:
4/21/1874
Letter from Frederick Voight at Austin to David Rusk at Nacogdoches offering his services for any help he needs getting his Texas Revolution service pension. Includes envelope, 7/14/1874*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 118, 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:
7/14/1874*
Texas Veteran Association certificate for David Rusk signed by Moses Austin Bryan, Undated
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 118, Item: 7-8
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:
1870 - 1874
Typescript copy of Texas state senate bill 282, an act granting pensions to the surviving veterans of the Texas Revolution. On the front is a handwritten note from Texas state librarian and Nacogdoches native Frederick Voight to David Rusk. Fragile condition, 1874
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 119, 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:
1874
Newspaper article on the new veterans pension bill. Photocopied, c.1874*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 119, 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:
c.1874*