Box 2
Container
Contains 9 Results:
Printed circular from Comptroller James B. Shaw at Austin letting tax collectors know that all of the duties previously conducted by the Secretary of the Treasury will now be performed by the Comptroller, 4/15/1846
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 11, 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:
4/15/1846
Receipt no.8 from Comptroller James B. Shaw at Austin to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk for the collection of $926 of 1840-1841 taxes, 4/23/1846*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 11, 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:
4/23/1846*
Receipt no.9 from Comptroller James B. Shaw to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk for $282.41 of 1845 taxes collected, 4/23/1846
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 11, 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:
4/23/1846
Receipt from Joseph Daniels, traveling agent for the Comptroller’s Office, to former Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk for the collection of $135 of 1843-1845 taxes. Interestingly, Rusk collected the money from five different currencies or denominations, 8/13/1846*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 11, 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:
8/13/1846*
Letter from Comptroller James B. Shaw at Austin to former Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk reminding Rusk that he is obligated to pay to the Comptroller’s Office any outstanding money he has in his possession from being the tax collector, 9/4/1846
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 11, 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:
9/4/1846
Receipt from Comptroller James B. Shaw at Austin to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk for the collection of $19.11 taxes, 9/9/1846*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 11, 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:
9/9/1846*
Letter from Comptroller James B. Shaw at Austin to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk letting Rusk know that $135 of Nacogdoches Co. tax money has been deposited into the Treasury, 10/2/1846*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 11, 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:
10/2/1846*
Letter from Comptroller James B. Shaw to David Rusk informing him that Nacogdoches Co. has unpaid tax balances from the Republic-era that Rusk, as the tax collector from that time, is responsible for paying back personally if he cannot find or account for where the money went, 6/29/1847
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 11, 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:
6/29/1847
Correspondence and receipts from the Comptroller, State of Texas, 1846-1847
File — Box: 2, Folder: 11
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:
1846-1847
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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David Rusk
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Sheriff (Tax Collector)
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Box 2
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