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Box 2

 Container

Contains 814 Results:

Letter from W. H. Rusk at Nacogdoches to Thomas Gafford about how he is honoring their trade even though he was just offered $600 for the land that was in the trade, 2/8/1884

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 73, 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: 2/8/1884

Certified copy of plat and field notes for 400 acres of land sold by W. H. Rusk and John Rusk to Thomas Gafford in Hopkins Co. The land comes from 640 acres originally patented to David Rusk (includes map), c.1884

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 73, 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: c.1884

Receipt from Nacogdoches Co. tax collector J. B. Moyer to John Rusk for his 1869 Nacogdoches Co. taxes, 1/22/1870*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 74, 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: 1/22/1870*

Receipt from Nacogdoches Co. tax collector M. Mast to John Rusk for his 1873 Nacogdoches Co. taxes, 3/19/1874*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 74, 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: 3/19/1874*

Receipt from Nacogdoches Co. tax collector M. Mast to John Rusk for his 1875 Nacogdoches Co. taxes, 1/28/1876*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 74, 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: 1/28/1876*

Receipt from Nacogdoches Co. tax collector M. Mast to the David Rusk estate for 1878 Nacogdoches Co. taxes, 1/18/1879*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 75, 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: 1/18/1879*

Receipt from Nacogdoches Co. tax collector M. Mast to the estate of David Rusk for 1879 Nacogdoches Co. taxes, 12/22/1879*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 75, 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: 12/22/1879*

Receipt for 1877 state and county taxes on the Jose Maria Mora league paid by the estate of David Rusk in Parker Co., 2/1/1878

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 76, 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: 2/1/1878

Letter from James F. Starr at Marshall to Elizabeth Rusk at Nacogdoches letting her know that the 1877 taxes for the Jose Maria Mora league in Parker Co. have been paid. Includes envelope, 2/13/1878

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 76, 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: 2/13/1878

Van Zandt Co. tax postcards to John Rusk, 1881,1883-1884, 1889-1891

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 77, Item: 1-7
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: 1881,1883-1884, 1889-1891

Receipt from Van Zandt Co. tax collector R. Wells to David Rusk for his 1877 taxes, 3/18/1878*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 77, 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: 3/18/1878*

Receipt from Van Zandt Co. tax collector J. F. Hamm to John Rusk for the David Rusk estate for 1878 taxes, 2/28/1879*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 77, Item: 9
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: 2/28/1879*

Receipt from Van Zandt Co. tax collector J. F. Hamm to John Rusk for the David Rusk estate for 1879 taxes, 12/15/1879*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 77, Item: 10
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: 12/15/1879*

Letter from John Rusk at Nacogdoches to F. W. Massey in Van Zandt Co. asking for the amount of 1880 taxes due by W. H. Rusk and Maggie White. Massey returned the letter with the totals, 1/30/1881

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 77, Item: 11
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: 1/30/1881

Cover letter from Van Zandt Co. County Clerk T. J. Foster at Canton to John Rusk at Nacogdoches for a decree (not enclosed) and that Captain Fowles does not recollect receiving any money in a matter Rusk had previously written about, 2/26/1884*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 77, Item: 12
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: 2/26/1884*

Receipt from the Van Zandt Co. tax collector at Canton to John Rusk at Nacogdoches, 4/3/1886

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 77, Item: 13
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: 4/3/1886

Receipt from Asa Williams, tax assessor of Van Zandt Co., to David Rusk at Nacogdoches for Rusk’s assessment of his property in Van Zandt Co. Includes envelope, March 13

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 77, Item: 14
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: March 13

Receipt from the Wood Co. tax collector at Quitman to John Rusk at Nacogdoches, 2/15/1881

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 78, 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: 2/15/1881

Letter from Wood Co. tax collector B. F. Young at Mineola to John Rusk letting him know the taxes due on his land, 1/28/1882*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 78, 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: 1/28/1882*

Letter from John F. Craddock at Quitman to John Rusk at Nacogdoches about Craddock’s fees to handle a Wood Co. land transaction between Rusk and a Mr. Weems, 7/10/1884*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 78, 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: 7/10/1884*