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Box 2

 Container

Contains 815 Results:

Promissory note from John Mint__ to Moses Hendricks for $4.50, Undated*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 106, 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: 1833-1835

Receipt from Lumpkin Co., Georgia Sheriff John D. Fields to Eliza L. Newton for collection of $70 due by Samuel T. Jack on 1826 promissory notes, 9/22/1826*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 107, 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: 9/22/1826*

Receipt from Justice of the Peace M. Seitz to John Noblett for collection of $20 due by James M. C. Thompson on his promissory note of 4/4/1831, 5/15/1833*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 107, 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: 5/15/1833*

Receipt from Justice of the Peace John H. Brock to C. R. Gibbs for collecting on notes of $13.75, $17.8125 and $8.125 from James M. Jones that were due in 1830, 2/20/1835*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 107, 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: 2/20/1835*

Interest payment of Thomas Franklin, undated*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 107, 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: 1826-1835

Receipt from Raiford Fulghum, guardian of Ascilla Fulghum, to William C. Johnson for payment on four notes, 11/8/1852

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 109, 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: 11/8/1852

Letter from F. A. Elliot to his grandmother Nancy Hamilton about her decision not to leave Nacogdoches and relocate to his town, 1/1/1853

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 109, 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: 1/1/1853

Promissory note from William M. Old to S. M. Power for $7.50, 3/18/1862

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 109, 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: 3/18/1862

Receipt from Nacogdoches Co. Treasurer Peyton F. Edwards to Justice of the Peace William L. Tynes for $5.50, 12/16/1871*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 109, 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: 12/16/1871*

Receipt from W. G. Northcutt and Co. at Longview to J. J. Millard for a no.8 general cook stove, 7/5/1877*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 109, 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: 7/5/1877*

Letter from W. Hilson at Douglass to John Noblett telling Noblett that he is sick and cannot make the ride to Nacogdoches and suggesting delaying the case until the next term of court, Undated

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 109, 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: 1852-1877

Waybill for miscellaneous items being transported to Weatherford, Undated*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 109, 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: 1852-1877

Nacogdoches Co. Grand Jury True Bills Journal listing defendants and offenses, 1875

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 110, 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: 1875

Ballot of the Nacogdoches Co. Community Committee election, 1951

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 110, 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: 1951

Typed confession of Booker T. Washington to mail fraud in Nacogdoches. Signed by Washington, Sheriff W. E. McLain and Deputy Sheriff Keith Rusk. Sheriff’s case no.41921-GD, 8/5/1952**

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 110, 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: 8/5/1952**

Joint Resolution ordering the erection of a statue of General Thomas J. Rusk, c.1857-1859

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 111, 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.1857-1859

The Tariff Speech of Hon. William H. Martin, of Texas, in the House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. Sixteen pages, 5/8/1888

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 111, 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: 5/8/1888

Letter from the editors of the Telegraph and Texas Register soliciting county sheriffs to publicize real estate being sold under execution in their newspaper, 9/29/1841

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 112, 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: 9/29/1841

Print advertisement for a new book about Sam Houston. C. Edwards Lester, Sam Houston and His Republic (New York: Burgess, Stringer, 1846), 8/25/1846

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 112, 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: 8/25/1846

Typed circular from A. S. Ruthven that announces there will shortly be printed a written history of the Mason’s in Texas and that also solicits for buyers, 3/1857

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 112, 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: 3/1857