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Box 2

 Container

Contains 9 Results:

E. M. Chapman, 1893 - 1894

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 65
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: 1893 - 1894

Letter from E. M. Chapman at Peoria, Texas to John Rusk at Nacogdoches about the drought breaking in Hill Co., his continued financials problems in Eastland Co. and his son wanting to go to school. Includes envelope, 11/13/1893*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 65, 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: 11/13/1893*

Letter from E. M. Chapman at Peoria, Texas to John Rusk at Nacogdoches about Rusk’s offer to buy out Chapman’s debt. Chapman elaborates on a meeting with the manager of the Dallas Mortgage Co. and ongoing problems with people in Eastland Co. Includes envelope, 12/16/1893*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 65, 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: 12/16/1893*

Postcard from E. M. Chapman at Eastland to his brother-in-law John Rusk at Nacogdoches asking for an answer to his letters, 12/28/1893

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 65, 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: 12/28/1893

Letter from E. M. Chapman at Peoria, Texas to his brother-in-law John Rusk at Nacogdoches about land matters in Eastland Co. being held up in Justice Court and that the man he is renting his farm to allowed one of Chapman’s horses starve to death. Includes envelope, 1/11/1894*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 65, 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: 1/11/1894*

Letter from E. M. Chapman at Peoria, Texas to his brother-in-law John Rusk at Nacogdoches about being in debt trouble with the Dallas Mortgage Co., his feeling that everyone in West Texas is out to swindle or steal from him and fears that his land value is not equal to his debt. Chapman urges Rusk to talk to a lawyer and protect his own interests. Includes envelope, 1/15/1894*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 65, 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: 1/15/1894*

Postcard from E. M. Chapman at Hillsboro to John Rusk at Nacogdoches about a land purchase on which Rusk defaulted. Rusk had offered to release the land and forfeit the value of previous payments in hopes of avoiding a lawsuit but Chapman still thinks there is a way to make a deal and not lose the money, 1/22/1894*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 65, 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: 1/22/1894*

Letter dated 3/13/1894 from E. M. Chapman at Peoria, Texas to his brother-in-law John Rusk at Nacogdoches about going to Eastland and collecting all his stock animals with the intent to sell them (recto). Letter from E. M. Chapman at Peoria, Texas to his brother-in-law John Rusk at Nacogdoches about corn planting and land values in the area (verso). Includes envelope, 3/13/1894*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 65, 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: 3/13/1894*

Postcard from B. F. Cotton at Eastland to John Rusk at Nacogdoches letting Rusk know his cattle are being managed by Dr. Chapman, 3/22/1894

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 65, 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: 3/22/1894