Box 2
Container
Contains 6 Results:
Letter from Hennson Owen, County Clerk of Robertson Co., to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk imploring him to collect 1839-1840 taxes from Nacogdoches Co. citizens that own lands in Robertson Co. Owen attached a list of delinquents (not included) and warns that if the money is not received by December 15, he will put the land up for sale, 10/12/1843
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 26, 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:
10/12/1843
Letter from Robert Rose at Washington-on-the-Brazos to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk letting him know that he is about to redeem Thomas J. Rusk’s land that David had to sell for delinquent taxes and that he would like the paperwork to finalize the sale, 2/20/1845*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 26, 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:
2/20/1845*
Letter from S. S. Davis to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk asking Rusk for information on how likely it is that Davis will be able to collect delinquent taxes from Beauford L. Simpson, 6/18/1845
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 26, 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:
6/18/1845
Letter from S. S. Davis at San Augustine to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk about whether he is aware of an ongoing contract between Nacogdoches and San Augustine counties, as well as other local counties, whereby fees owed from one county to another are kept by the county in debt. Davis notes that the fees each county collects are roughly equal, so this arrangement saves them the hassle of mailing them, 9/1/1845
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 26, 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:
9/1/1845
Letter from R. W. Martin at San Augustine to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk asking Rusk to send the money he has collected for Martin at the earliest possible convenience, 5/28/1846
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 26, 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:
5/28/1846
Tax correspondence with other counties
File — Box: 2, Folder: 26
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:
Event: The Thomas J. Rusk Letters (59 originals, 1 photocopy) were loaned from 6/24/1975 to early 2005.; Event: Purchased by the University 9/26/2016.; Event: Purchased materials received by the ETRC 10/10/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 10/24/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 1/23/2017.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 3/15/2017.
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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