Box 2
Container
Contains 815 Results:
Nacogdoches Co. deed from Maria Josefa Arriola to Martin Cruz Ybarbo. Witnessed by Adolphus Sterne, Vital Flores, Jose Maria Chirino, and Thomas J. Rusk. Split in two pieces, 7/27/1838
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 60, Item: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
7/27/1838
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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Thomas J. Rusk
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Texas
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Box 2
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Deeds
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:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
11/27/1839
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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Thomas J. Rusk
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Texas
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Box 2
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Deeds
Typed transcript of a proclamation by participants in the grand jury process (jurors, judge, lawyers, court officials) of Nacogdoches Co. about their service for the September 1837 term. Thomas J. Rusk speaks for the lawyers and court officials (including sheriff David Rusk) about liberty, c.1837
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 61, Item: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
c.1837
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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Thomas J. Rusk
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Texas
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Box 2
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Law practice
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:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
c.4/1839*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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Thomas J. Rusk
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Texas
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Box 2
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Law practice
Letter from Peter Ellis Bean to Thomas J. Rusk asking Rusk to represent Mr. Acosto in a land case. Lurvay and Gowen are suing Acosto for illegally harvest timber. Bean believes Acosto owns the land, 10/26/1841
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 61, Item: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
10/26/1841
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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Thomas J. Rusk
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Texas
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Box 2
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Law practice
Letter from Charles Hunter at Robertson, Texas to his lawyer Thomas J. Rusk at Nacogdoches giving Rusk the background details of the case since Hunter cannot be present for the trial. Hunter got General Douglass to write a promissory note for him for $290 of freight from the steamboat Trinity in June 1840. Garner and Caldwell (the owners) claim Douglass never paid them and sued Hunter for costs, 4/7/1843
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 61, Item: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
4/7/1843
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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Thomas J. Rusk
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Texas
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Box 2
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Law practice
List of expenses for Thomas J. Rusk at Houston, 4/4/1838*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 62, Item: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
4/4/1838*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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Thomas J. Rusk
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Texas
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Box 2
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Expenses
Postcard from E. M. Chapman at Troup to his brother-in-law John Rusk at Nacogdoches about his travel plans, 8/1887
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 63, Item: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
8/1887
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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John Rusk
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Family correspondence
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Box 2
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E. M. Chapman
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:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
3/20/1888
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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John Rusk
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Family correspondence
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Box 2
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E. M. Chapman
Letter from E. M. Chapman at Elmo to his sister Henrietta Rusk about family, family photographs, weather, and the effect of the bollworm on their cotton crop, 8/12/1888*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 63, Item: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
8/12/1888*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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John Rusk
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Family correspondence
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Box 2
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E. M. Chapman
Postcard from E. M. Chapman at Ranger to his brother-in-law John Rusk at Nacogdoches about the lack of recent correspondence, 3/23/1890
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 63, Item: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
3/23/1890
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
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John Rusk
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Family correspondence
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Box 2
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E. M. Chapman
Postcard from E. M. Chapman at Eastland to his brother-in-law John Rusk at Nacogdoches about the syrup business, 2/28/1891*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 63, Item: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
2/28/1891*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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John Rusk
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Family correspondence
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Box 2
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E. M. Chapman
Three-page letter (front and back) from E. M. Chapman at Eastland to John Rusk at Nacogdoches about Eastland Co.—cotton and wheat production there, the decline of the stock business, land quality, society and religion, and the prospects if John or other members of the Rusk family moved there. Includes envelope, 5/25/1891*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 63, Item: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
5/25/1891*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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John Rusk
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Family correspondence
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Box 2
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E. M. Chapman
Letter from E. M. Chapman at Eastland to his brother-in-law John Rusk at Nacogdoches about Rusk’s son (recto). Letter from E. M. Chapman at Eastland to his nephew William Thomas Rusk asking if he will come work for Chapman (verso), 8/5/1891*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 63, Item: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
8/5/1891*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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John Rusk
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Family correspondence
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Box 2
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E. M. Chapman
Letter from E. M. Chapman at Eastland to John Rusk about being burnt out and overextended financially from buying too much land. Chapman is dealing with creditors and has four years remaining on his bank loan, 12/1/1891*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 63, Item: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
12/1/1891*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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John Rusk
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Family correspondence
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Box 2
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E. M. Chapman
Letter from E. M. Chapman at Eastland to his brother-in-law John Rusk at Nacogdoches about the terms of a $6,000 land purchase. Includes envelope, 2/25/1892*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 64, Item: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
2/25/1892*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
/
John Rusk
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Family correspondence
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Box 2
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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:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
2/26/1892*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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John Rusk
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Family correspondence
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Box 2
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E. M. Chapman
Letter (recto) from B. F. Cotton at Eastland to John Rusk at Nacogdoches advising Rusk that E. M. Chapman has just bought land for him in Eastland Co. and that Rusk needs to send a letter authorizing a land agent to file the paperwork and send the original deed to Nacogdoches. Cotton transcribes the letter he wants Rusk to write. 3/29/1892. Letter (verso) from E. M. Chapman to his brother-in-law John Rusk informing about Rusk about a recent land purchase and advising him to follow the instructions of Chapman’s lawyer B. F. Cotton. Includes envelope, 3/29/1892
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 64, Item: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
3/29/1892
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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The Rusk Family Letters
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John Rusk
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Family correspondence
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Box 2
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E. M. Chapman
Promissory note from John Rusk at Eastland to Mrs. A. V. Chapman and E. M. Chapman for $2,500 to help them buy land in Eastland Co. and McClellan Co (recto). Annotation of “Paid” (verso), 3/29/1892*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 64, Item: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
3/29/1892*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
John Rusk
/
Family correspondence
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Box 2
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E. M. Chapman
Letter from E. M. Chapman at Eastland to his brother-in-law John Rusk about a land deed, crops, politics, family, and visitors. Includes envelope, 10/16/1892
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 64, Item: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
10/16/1892
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
John Rusk
/
Family correspondence
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Box 2
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E. M. Chapman
