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Box 2

 Container

Contains 815 Results:

Receipt No.303 from James B. Shaw, acting Secretary of the Republic of Texas Treasury Department, to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk for $113 of 1842 taxes collected, 8/7/1844

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5, 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: 8/7/1844

Receipt No.376 from James H. Raymond, acting Secretary of the Republic of Texas Treasury Department, to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk for $160.17 of taxes collected, 10/28/1844

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5, 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: 10/28/1844

Account of Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk with the Republic of Texas Treasury Department for 1842-1843. The document shows the county’s tax revenues, expenditures and sheriff’s commission, 1844*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6, 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: 1844*

Receipt from Hamilton P. Bee, Republic of Texas Treasury Department Agent, to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk for $30 of taxes collected, 4/17/1845

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6, 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: 4/17/1845

Receipt from W. B. Ochiltree, Secretary of the Republic of Texas Treasury Department, to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk for $1,700 of collected 1844 taxes, 3/18/1845*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6, 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: 3/18/1845*

Receipt from Hamilton P. Bee, Republic of Texas Treasury Department Agent, to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk for $560.87 of 1844 taxes collected, 6/16/1845*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6, 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: 6/16/1845*

Receipt from W. B. Ochiltree, Secretary of the Republic of Texas Treasury Department, to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk for $120 of collected taxes, 6/27/1845

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6, 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: 6/27/1845

Receipt from J. A. Greer, Secretary of the Republic of Texas Treasury Department, at Washington-on-the-Brazos to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk for $597.87 of taxes, 7/3/1845*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6, 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: 7/3/1845*

Letter from J. A. Greer, Secretary of the Republic of Texas Treasury Department, to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk notifying Rusk that $2.03 has been adjusted on the county’s taxes, 7/5/1845

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6, Item: 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: 7/5/1845

Form letter from John A. Greer, Secretary of Treasury, Republic of Texas, stating that the department will be closed until further notice, 10/9/1845

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6, 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: 10/9/1845

Receipt No.690 from J. A. Greer, Secretary of the Republic of Texas Treasury Department, to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk for $2,261.34 of 1845 taxes collected, 2/14/1846

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6, 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: 2/14/1846

Calculation showing a deficit of $599.80 between the amount of taxes collected and the amount of taxes collected for Nacogdoches Co. by Sheriff David Rusk for 1842-1845, c.1846*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6, 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: c.1846*

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

Note from Republic of Texas Comptroller to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk acknowledging receipt of 8,577.56 in collected 1838-1840 Nacogdoches Co. taxes, 12/1840

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 8, 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: 12/1840

Receipt from E. Stickney, acting Republic of Texas Commissioner of Revenue, to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk for $112.50 in 1837 and 1838 Nacogdoches Co. taxes received at Austin, 6/2/1840

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 9, 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: 6/2/1840

Receipt from E. Stickney, acting Republic of Texas Commissioner of Revenue, to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk for $500 in 1837 and 1838 Nacogdoches Co. taxes received at Austin, 6/2/1840

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 9, 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: 6/2/1840