Box 2
Container
Contains 815 Results:
Letter from Robert Rose at Washington-on-the-Brazos to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk letting him know that he is about to redeem Thomas J. Rusk’s land that David had to sell for delinquent taxes and that he would like the paperwork to finalize the sale, 2/20/1845*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 26, 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:
2/20/1845*
Letter from S. S. Davis to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk asking Rusk for information on how likely it is that Davis will be able to collect delinquent taxes from Beauford L. Simpson, 6/18/1845
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 26, 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:
6/18/1845
Letter from S. S. Davis at San Augustine to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk about whether he is aware of an ongoing contract between Nacogdoches and San Augustine counties, as well as other local counties, whereby fees owed from one county to another are kept by the county in debt. Davis notes that the fees each county collects are roughly equal, so this arrangement saves them the hassle of mailing them, 9/1/1845
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 26, 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:
9/1/1845
Letter from R. W. Martin at San Augustine to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk asking Rusk to send the money he has collected for Martin at the earliest possible convenience, 5/28/1846
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 26, 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:
5/28/1846
Letter from J. R. Linz to Sheriff David Rusk asking for more time to pay his taxes on a piece of land in Nacogdoches Co., 4/20/1839
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 27, 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:
4/20/1839
Letter from Peter Ellis Bean at Bean’s Prairie to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk about taxes, 10/3/1841
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 27, 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:
10/3/1841
Letter from John Burton in Crockett, Texas to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk apologizing for not paying his 1841 taxes, 7/15/1843
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 27, 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:
7/15/1843
Letter from Samuel C. Box to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk to tell him that the taxes owed by Box and Casly Vining were entrusted to Thomas J. Rusk and to ask his brother for details if he does not receive the money, 12/30/1843*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 27, 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:
12/30/1843*
Letter from G. W. French at Washington-on-the-Brazos to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk about French’s health, tax money owed to Rusk and a new bill before the Texas Congress, 2/2/1844
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 27, 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:
2/2/1844
Letter from M. F. Reinhardt to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk explaining why he has an outstanding tax (??) balance, 9/2/1843
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 28, 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:
9/2/1843
Letter from J. M. Becton in Henderson, Texas to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk letting Rusk know that he has made and arrangement to pay his taxes and that he does not want to be publicly listed as delinquent, 3/4/1845
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 28, 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:
3/4/1845
Letter from F. G. Brooks in San Augustine Co. to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk about paying the taxes owed by B. Sowlee on 2,000 acres along the Angelina River, 4/14/1845
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 28, 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:
4/14/1845
Letter from James Morrison to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk explaining to Rusk that he thinks there has been a “great mistake” on his tax assessment and requesting that Rusk fix it before he pay any taxes, 1/19/1846
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 28, 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:
1/19/1846
Letter from Rusk Co. Deputy Sheriff Eli F. Graham at Henderson to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk explaining the enclosed $6.9375 of Mark Stroud’s delinquent Nacogdoches Co. taxes for 1844 (money not included), 4/15/1846
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 28, 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:
4/15/1846
Letter from William C. Ellis at Washington-on-the-Brazos to the Sheriff of Nacogdoches Co. asking the sheriff to tell him if any land from surveys 30, 32, 36 or 220 were sold to pay delinquent taxes. If not, Ellis asks the sheriff to relay the amount of overdue taxes so that he can pay them, 11/15/1865
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 28, 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:
11/15/1865
Letter written by Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk to Robert Rose letting Rose know how much in delinquent taxes General John T. Mason owed the Republic of Texas, 2/4/1845
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 29, 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:
2/4/1845
Instructions written by Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk to Joseph Hoya for collecting General John T. Mason’s delinquent taxes, 2/4/1845
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 29, 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:
2/4/1845
List from David Rusk of taxes and execution costs owed by John T. Mason for 1837-1843, Undated
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 29, 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:
1845
Petition signed by 60 male citizens of Douglass for Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk to appoint M. F. Reinhardt as a Deputy Sheriff for their neighborhood of the county, 10/19/1844
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 30, 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:
10/19/1844
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Sheriff (law enforcement)
/
Box 2
/
Deputations
Appointment of Hugh McKaughan as Nacogdoches Co. deputy sheriff by Sheriff David Rusk, 10/30/1844*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 30, 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:
10/30/1844*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Sheriff (law enforcement)
/
Box 2
/
Deputations