Box 2
Container
Contains 814 Results:
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
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
John Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 2
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E. M. Chapman
Letter from E. M. Chapman at Headrick, Oklahoma to his brother-in-law John Rusk about the local cotton crop and the trip of a Mr. Adams to California and Arizona, 10/16/1903*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 66, 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:
10/16/1903*
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
Partial letter from E. M. Chapman to his brother-in-law John Rusk about the pros and cons of Rusk’s son William Thomas coming to work for him, Undated*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 66, 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:
1903
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
John Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 2
/
E. M. Chapman
Note from E. M. Chapman about using syrup of yerba santa to mask the taste of quinine and other medicines, Undated*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 66, 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:
1903
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
John Rusk
/
Family correspondence
/
Box 2
/
E. M. Chapman
Letter from Ann Reid to her cousins John and Henrietta Rusk about her and her family’s health and asking for information on their relatives (recto). Letter from Elizabeth E. Reid in Van Zandt Co. to her aunt Elizabeth Reid Rusk about family news, wishing her aunt would come visit, picking cotton, and being excited for Christmas (verso), 12/13/1888*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 67, 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:
12/13/1888*
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 E. T. Foster at Liberty Hill to his cousin John Rusk looking to reconnect after many years and asking for news from the Rusk, Blair or Powell family lines. Includes envelope, 9/14/1892*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 67, 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:
9/14/1892*
Postcard from Velma to her grandfather John Rusk at Nacogdoches reporting on family health, Undated*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 67, 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:
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.
Letter from James F. Starr at Marshall to John Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk if he has his father David Rusk’s estate papers. Starr had bought land in Van Zandt Co. and Wise Co. from David Rusk and needed the 1870-1872 tax receipts for those tracts, 7/30/1880
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 68, 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:
7/30/1880
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
John Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 2
/
General correspondence
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 attorney R. H. Morris at Rusk to John Rusk at Nacogdoches advising him to hold on selling land until the transaction between the Iron Company and D. C. Jones & Co. is settled, 5/16/1888
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 68, 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:
5/16/1888
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
John Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 2
/
General correspondence
Note to look in Nacogdoches Co. District Court minute books ‘G’ and ‘M’ for information on the partition of some of John Rusk’s land, Undated*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 68, 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:
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.
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 field notes and abstract of the land in Cherokee Co. he wants sold (includes envelope), 11/24/1888*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 69, 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:
11/24/1888*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
John Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 2
/
Cherokee Co.
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.
Letter from attorneys Gregg and Morris at Rusk to John Rusk at Nacogdoches offering to sell his land in Cherokee Co., 5/20/1890*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 69, 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:
5/20/1890*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
John Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 2
/
Cherokee Co.
Letter from attorneys Gregg and Morris at Rusk to John Rusk at Nacogdoches letting him know they think they can get $3 per acre for his land in Cherokee Co. but that the price might go higher if he waits another year. Includes envelope, 7/5/1890*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 69, 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:
7/5/1890*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
John Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 2
/
Cherokee Co.
Partial deed of trust from John Rusk to E. C. Branch for land on the Thomas Stanford league in Cherokee Co. (includes map), 4/5/1894
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 69, 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:
4/5/1894
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
John Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 2
/
Cherokee Co.
Nacogdoches Co. deed of trust from John Rusk to George H. Davidson (for E. C. Branch) for two 100-acre tracts of land in Cherokee Co. Filed in Cherokee Co. 4/5/1893. Payment in full received by John Rusk, 1/25/1898
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 69, 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:
1/25/1898
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 J. L. Wiggins at Rusk to John Rusk at Nacogdoches, 6/7/1880
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 70, 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:
6/7/1880