Box 2
Container
Contains 814 Results:
Receipt from G. W. Terrell to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk for $9,412 in , 12/1/1841*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 24, 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:
12/1/1841*
Letter from G. W. Terrell to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk about the likelihood that a mistake was made calculating the taxes owed by Dr. Givens, 3/3/1844
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 24, 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:
3/3/1844
Note from G. W. Terrell to someone explaining that he spent $50 of the $2,480 David Rusk gave him to deposit at Washington-on-the-Brazos from Dr. Givens’ lands but that the receipt given to the Treasury Department had $2,480 on it, c.1844
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 24, 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:
c.1844
Letter from G. W. Terrell to Sheriff David Rusk about “missing” tax money from Nacogdoches Co. In previous correspondence Rusk suggested the evidence was lost in a fire. Terrell writes Rusk that the fire was only for the books of the Secretary of Treasury but not for the entire Treasury Department. Terrell assures Rusk he deposited the money with the Secretary of the Treasury and there is record of the transaction in the Treasury Department books. Terrell also informs Rusk about the “loose manner” of the Treasury Department and that another tax payment presumed lost or stolen by Rusk for $2,500 has been found, so he need not worry about that, 3/17/1846
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 24, 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:
3/17/1846
Letter from Republic of Texas auditor Musgrove Evans to Sheriff David Rusk on his 1839 expenses transporting prisoners, 10/16/1839
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 25, 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:
10/16/1839
Letter from a man sent by Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk to Austin to contest or settle account claims with the Republic of Texas Treasury Department, 7/9/1841
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 25, 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:
7/9/1841
Letter from a man sent by Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk to Austin to contest or settle account claims with the Republic of Texas Treasury Department, 7/16/1841
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 25, 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:
7/16/1841
Letter from Hennson Owen, County Clerk of Robertson Co., to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk imploring him to collect 1839-1840 taxes from Nacogdoches Co. citizens that own lands in Robertson Co. Owen attached a list of delinquents (not included) and warns that if the money is not received by December 15, he will put the land up for sale, 10/12/1843
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 26, 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:
10/12/1843
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