Box 2
Container
Contains 99 Results:
Letter from Thomas J. Rusk at Nacogdoches to his father-in-law General Benjamin Cleveland describing the town of Nacogdoches, agricultural prospects and how he is settling with McLaughlin over the latter’s debt. Rusk reassures Cleveland that his daughter’s needs, as well as Thomas’ business affairs, are in the capable hands of his brother David Rusk back in Georgia, c.2/1835
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 116, Item: 2
Scope and Contents
Missing page one.
Dates:
c.2/1835
Promissory note from Martin Dickson to Thomas J. Rusk for $1.25, 1/24/1832*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 50, 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:
1/24/1832*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
Thomas J. Rusk
/
Georgia
/
Box 2
/
Promissory notes
Promissory note from William H. Leathers to Thomas J. Rusk for $7.25, 8/3/1832*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 51, 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:
8/3/1832*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
Thomas J. Rusk
/
Georgia
/
Box 2
/
Promissory notes
Promissory note from Jesse Smith to Thomas J. Rusk for $10, 7/5/1833*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 52, 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:
7/5/1833*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
Thomas J. Rusk
/
Georgia
/
Box 2
/
Promissory notes
Promissory note from Thomas W. A. Sumter to Thomas J. Rusk for $10, 9/1833*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 53, 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:
9/1833*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
Thomas J. Rusk
/
Georgia
/
Box 2
/
Promissory notes
Promissory note from James Woody to Thomas J. Rusk for $5, 2/22/1834*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 54, 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:
2/22/1834*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
Thomas J. Rusk
/
Georgia
/
Box 2
/
Promissory notes
Promissory note from John Hefner to Thomas J. Rusk for $11.58, 9/24/1834*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 55, 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:
9/24/1834*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
Thomas J. Rusk
/
Georgia
/
Box 2
/
Promissory notes
Promissory note from Absalom Hide to Terrell and Rusk for $10, 1831
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 56, 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:
1831
Promissory note from William Jackson to Thomas J. Rusk for $10 dated 10/18/1830 (recto). Assigned by David Rusk to William H. Crane (verso), 3/23/1835*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 57, 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:
3/23/1835*
Letter from James H. Mass (??) at Douglass to Thomas J. Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk to write a letter for him about a land transaction, 9/23/1844
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 59, 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:
9/23/1844
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
Thomas J. Rusk
/
Texas
/
Box 2
/
Correspondence
Nacogdoches Co. deed for 1,000 acres of land from William C. Duffield to Thomas J. Rusk. Witnessed by David Rusk, 11/27/1839
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 60, 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:
11/27/1839
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
Thomas J. Rusk
/
Texas
/
Box 2
/
Deeds
Letter from James H. Starr to Thomas J. Rusk seeking advice about how to proceed in a court case involving Kelsey H. Douglass and Col. Landrum, c.4/1839*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 61, 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:
c.4/1839*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
Thomas J. Rusk
/
Texas
/
Box 2
/
Law practice
Postcard from E. M. Chapman at Elmo to his sister Henrietta Rusk at Nacogdoches about family and poor weather, 3/20/1888
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 63, 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:
3/20/1888
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
John Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 2
/
E. M. Chapman
Letter from E. M. Chapman at Eastland to John Rusk at Nacogdoches about how to best structure any financial assistance Rusk might provide to Chapman, 2/26/1892*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 64, 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:
2/26/1892*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
John Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 2
/
E. M. Chapman
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*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
John Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 2
/
E. M. Chapman
Typescript notice from the Dallas Mortgage Co. at Dallas to John Rusk at Nacogdoches that his interest is two months overdue. Includes envelope, 12/30/1903
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 66, 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:
12/30/1903
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
John Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 2
/
E. M. Chapman
Note from a Rusk child to John Rusk at Nacogdoches about going to school and learning, 7/31/1890*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 67, 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:
7/31/1890*
Letter from James F. Starr at Marshall to John Rusk at Nacogdoches thanking Rusk for sending him David Rusk’s 1872 tax receipt for land that he later sold to Starr. Starr anticipates a change in Texas’ tax law for land and is trying to get all the papers in order. Includes envelope, 8/17/1880
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 68, 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:
8/17/1880
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
John Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 2
/
General correspondence
Letter from attorneys Gregg and Morris at Rusk to John Rusk at Nacogdoches asking for the plat of the land in Cherokee Co. he wants sold and telling him that they will begin advertising soon, 12/6/1888*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 69, 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:
12/6/1888*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
John Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 2
/
Cherokee Co.
Receipt from the Cherokee Co. tax collector G. W. Gibson at Rusk to John Rusk at Nacogdoches, 2/16/1881
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 70, 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:
2/16/1881