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Box 2

 Container

Contains 6 Results:

Circular from James B. Shaw, acting Secretary of the Republic of Texas Treasury Department, with instructions to sheriff’s for when they can put the property of a person with delinquent taxes up for public sale, 5/12/1843*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 7, 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: 5/12/1843*

Copy of a letter from Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk to the Secretary of the Republic of Texas Treasury Department asking for instructions about 1842 delinquent taxes assessed on landowners residing in Rusk Co., 12/13/1843*

 Item — Box: 2, 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: 12/13/1843*

Copy of a letter written by Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk to the Republic of Texas Secretary of the Treasury asking for instructions on tax collection. The tax assessor for Nacogdoches Co. was two months late making the assessments, leaving Rusk only three weeks instead of three months to collect taxes, 11/16/1844

 Item — Box: 2, 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: 11/16/1844

Letter from W. B. Ochiltree, Secretary of the Republic of Texas Treasury Department, to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk clarifying provisions of the 1842 tax law as it applies to when a sheriff can commence collecting taxes, 12/13/1844

 Item — Box: 2, 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: 12/13/1844

Circular sent by W. B. Ochiltree, Republic of Texas Secretary of Treasury, to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk with instructions on tax collection, 1/28/1845

 Item — Box: 2, 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: 1/28/1845

Instructions on tax collection from the Treasury Department, Republic of Texas, 1843-1845

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 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: 1843-1845