Box 1
Container
Contains 848 Results:
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Nacogdoches to David Rusk at Nacogdoches with updates on two cases that Thomas was litigating. The first case was for David and involved the sale of a slave; the second pertained to Sam Houston, 10/12/1847
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7, 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:
10/12/1847
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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David Rusk
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Family correspondence
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Box 1
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Thomas J. Rusk
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Nacogdoches to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about a certificate that will help protect David from legal trouble with the state (document not enclosed), 10/29/1847
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7, 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:
10/29/1847
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
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Box 1
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Thomas J. Rusk
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about the Pearl Incident (77 slaves attempted to escape by ship from Washington, D. C. to New Jersey, a free state), revolutions in Europe and that whether or not the Congressional session will adjourn depends on the reception in Mexico to the proposed treaty, 4/23/1848
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7, 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:
4/23/1848
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 1
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Thomas J. Rusk
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches noting the spread of revolution in Europe, speculating on a treaty with Mexico and giving his thoughts on the potential Presidential candidacies of Lewis Cass and Sam Houston. Rusk also mentions the death of Arkansas Senator Charles Ashley, winning a debate with John C. Calhoun, and an upcoming speech he will make on Indian affairs, 5/1/1848
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7, 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:
5/1/1848
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 1
/
Thomas J. Rusk
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at New York to David Rusk at Nacogdoches. Rusk is in New York to rest and recover from a long session because he was the only Texas Congressman doing anything. Rusk complains that Sam Houston spent his time “electioneering” for a Presidential nomination, Timothy Pillsbury drinking and getting married, and David S. Kaufman serving on the committee to bury John Quincy Adams. Thomas also tells David he is pleased with his success in Congress, advises him to save his money, and expresses the opinion that the next President will likely be a “jack ass in the chair.” 3 pages, 5/7/1848
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7, 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:
5/7/1848
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 1
/
Thomas J. Rusk
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches discussing probate cases from Thomas’ law practice in Nacogdoches, going to Baltimore for the Democratic National Convention, and entertaining Judge Evans on his visit to the Capitol from Texas, 5/20/1848
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8, 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:
5/20/1848
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 1
/
Thomas J. Rusk
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches noting the nominations of Zachary Taylor and Lewis Cass as Presidential candidates, Thomas’ opinion about a trip by Sam Houston to New York and Rusk’s hope that Texas will not support Taylor for President because of his conduct during the Battle of Monterrey (1846), 6/9/1848
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8, 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:
6/9/1848
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 1
/
Thomas J. Rusk
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches commenting on the absence of Sam Houston from Congress, the “humbuggery” behind each Presidential campaign getting organized, Thomas’ support for Lewis Cass, and Rusk’s uncertainty about the outcome of forthcoming debates on whether California will be a slave or free state, 6/18/1848
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8, 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:
6/18/1848
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 1
/
Thomas J. Rusk
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches discussing a new book he has bought on raising dairy cows. Rusk also briefly mentions the growing Presidential election hysteria in the Capitol, 6/27/1848
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8, 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:
6/27/1848
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 1
/
Thomas J. Rusk
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about the steamboat trip from New Orleans to Louisville, Kentucky, pending discussion in the Senate about Santa Fe, New Mexico, the disposition of his Congressional colleagues from Texas, fears of a cholera outbreak, and the California gold rush, 12/16/1848
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8, 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:
12/16/1848
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 1
/
Thomas J. Rusk
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches stating how busy has been in the Senate. Rusk also notes the arrival of President Zachary Taylor in town, 2/28/1849
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, 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:
2/28/1849
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 1
/
Thomas J. Rusk
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about the death of John C. Calhoun, their enduring friendship and that Thomas was the last person to talk with Calhoun in the Senate chambers before his death. Rusk also writes about the Texas boundary negotiations and his role in the process, 4/2/1850
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, 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:
4/2/1850
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 1
/
Thomas J. Rusk
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about family, a fight in the Senate between Henry S. Foote and Thomas Hart (Compromise of 1850 debate), a bill Thomas proposed, and the continued absence of Sam Houston from the Senate, 4/18/1850
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, 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:
4/18/1850
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 1
/
Thomas J. Rusk
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches telling his brother about battling for Texas’ interests in the Compromise of 1850’s Senate debate and that he should write to their sister Jane Rusk Thrift, 6/9/1850
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, 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:
6/9/1850
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 1
/
Thomas J. Rusk
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about a speech Thomas made in the Senate for Texas’ claim to the New Mexico Territory, Rusk’s optimism about the Compromise of 1850 and his report to lower postage rates and repeal the franking privilege, 6/17/1850
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, 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:
6/17/1850
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 1
/
Thomas J. Rusk
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about Thomas’ wrangling in the Senate and with President Taylor to advance a bill in the Compromise of 1850 favorable to Texas. Rusk also notes what Kaufman and Houston are doing and remarks that their brother-in-law Nathan Dodd is in Clarksville working a mill for Thomas Stanford, 9/1/1850
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, 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:
9/1/1850
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 1
/
Thomas J. Rusk
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches detailing a bout with cholera, that nothing got done in the Senate while he was out sick, family, the positive outcomes for Texas created by the Compromise of 1850, and the absence of Sam Houston from the Senate, 1/6/1851
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10, 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:
1/6/1851
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 1
/
Thomas J. Rusk
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches giving an account of his trip from New Orleans to New York City (by way of Havana) on the steamship Empire City, seeing a Kossuth procession in New York City and having a gallbladder attack soon after reaching the Capitol. Thomas explains to his brother that he has learned about their sister Rachel’s husband McWhorter, who is spending the money Thomas sends to their mother. Rusk also laments the “humbuggery and selfishness” apparent in his Senate colleagues as the next Presidential election cycle begins, 12/21/1851
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10, 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:
12/21/1851
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
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Box 1
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Thomas J. Rusk
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches telling David to stop sending money to their mom in South Carolina because it is just lining the pockets of their brother-in-law McWhorter. Thomas says he will take care of their mother and funnel her money through a trusted neighbor. Rusk also worries that if the Democrats do not get their act together they will lose the next Presidential election, 2/10/1852
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10, 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:
2/10/1852
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
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Box 1
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Thomas J. Rusk
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Washington, D. C. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches passing along further misgivings about their brother-in-law McWhorter, stating that he is working on a California to Texas Railroad bill and sharing that he has turned down a possible Presidential nomination, 4/6/1852
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10, 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:
4/6/1852
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 1
/
Thomas J. Rusk