Box 2
Container
Contains 9 Results:
Letter from Sheriff David Rusk to Col. Brayler at Fort Jesup, Louisiana about the lodging of Brayler’s runaway slave Bob in the Nacogdoches Co. jail, 11/16/1838
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 40, 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:
11/16/1838
Letter from B. B. Breazeale at Natchitoches to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk asking him to release a jailed runaway slave belonging to Breazeale to the bearer of the letter, William Fordham, 12/5/1838*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 40, 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:
12/5/1838*
Letter from B. B. Breazeale of Pine Woods to Sheriff David Rusk informing him that the runaway slave Mack in the Nacogdoches Co. jail has been sold to R. R. Colffee, 12/30/1838
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 40, 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:
12/30/1838
Letter from Alexander McGahey at Washington-on-the-Brazos to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk asking him to be on the lookout for six runaway slaves, 6/20/1845
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 40, 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:
6/20/1845
Affidavit made by Nacogdoches Co. Justice of the Peace Bennett Blake to Sheriff David Rusk for the capture of a runaway slave named Tower who belongs to William McK. Ball of Leon Co., 4/16/1846
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 40, 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:
4/16/1846
Affidavit made by Charles F. Harris certifying to Nacogdoches Co. Justice of the Peace Bennett Blake that he owns the runaway slave named Arch lodged in the county jail, 6/1/1846*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 40, 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:
6/1/1846*
Judgment by Nacogdoches Co. Justice of the Peace Bennett Blake ordering the Sheriff or Jailor of Nacogdoches Co. to hold a runaway slave named Jim Brown until his owner Charles F. Harris come to claim him from Caddo Parish, LA. Brown was captured in Nacogdoches Co. by Elias N. Eubank, 6/24/1846*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 40, 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:
6/24/1846*
Letter from Vance Wallings at Jacksonville in Cherokee Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking him to catch a runaway slave named George, who Wallings believes to be in Nacogdoches Co., 7/26/1852*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 40, 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:
7/26/1852*
Runaway slaves
File — Box: 2, Folder: 40
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.
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