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Box 4b

 Box — Box: 4b
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: Event: The Thomas J. Rusk Letters (59 originals, 1 photocopy) were loaned from 6/24/1975 to early 2005.; Event: Purchased by the University 9/26/2016.; Event: Purchased materials received by the ETRC 10/10/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 10/24/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 1/23/2017.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 3/15/2017.

Stansbury’s expedition

 File — Box: 4b, Folder: 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: Event: The Thomas J. Rusk Letters (59 originals, 1 photocopy) were loaned from 6/24/1975 to early 2005.; Event: Purchased by the University 9/26/2016.; Event: Purchased materials received by the ETRC 10/10/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 10/24/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 1/23/2017.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 3/15/2017.

Lieut. Marcy’s report

 File — Box: 4b, Folder: 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: Event: The Thomas J. Rusk Letters (59 originals, 1 photocopy) were loaned from 6/24/1975 to early 2005.; Event: Purchased by the University 9/26/2016.; Event: Purchased materials received by the ETRC 10/10/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 10/24/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 1/23/2017.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 3/15/2017.

County records - Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff docket book (Civil)

 File — Box: 4b, Folder: 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: Event: The Thomas J. Rusk Letters (59 originals, 1 photocopy) were loaned from 6/24/1975 to early 2005.; Event: Purchased by the University 9/26/2016.; Event: Purchased materials received by the ETRC 10/10/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 10/24/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 1/23/2017.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 3/15/2017.

County records - Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff docket book (Criminal)

 File — Box: 4b, Folder: 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: Event: The Thomas J. Rusk Letters (59 originals, 1 photocopy) were loaned from 6/24/1975 to early 2005.; Event: Purchased by the University 9/26/2016.; Event: Purchased materials received by the ETRC 10/10/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 10/24/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 1/23/2017.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 3/15/2017.

Partial abstract of original titles in the General Land Office

 File — Box: 4b, Folder: 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: Event: The Thomas J. Rusk Letters (59 originals, 1 photocopy) were loaned from 6/24/1975 to early 2005.; Event: Purchased by the University 9/26/2016.; Event: Purchased materials received by the ETRC 10/10/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 10/24/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 1/23/2017.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 3/15/2017.

Map of the Great Salt Lake and Adjacent Country in the Territory of Utah. Surveyed in 1849 and 1850, under the orders of Col. J. J. Abert, Chief of the Topographical Bureau, by Capt. Howard Stansbury, of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, aided by Lieut. J. W. Gunnison, Corps of Topographical Engineers, and Albert Carrington. Drawn by Lieut. Gunnison and Charles Preuss. Hand colored; 112 x 80 cm, folded 23 x15 cm. Scale 1:240,000. New York: Ackerman Lith., circa 1851

 Item — Box: 4b, Folder: 1, 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: circa 1851

Map of a Reconnoisance between Fort Leavenworth on the Missouri River and the Great Salt Lake in the Territory of Utah. Made in 1849 and 1850 under the orders of Col. J. J. Abert, Chief of the Topographical Bureau, by Capt. Howard Stansbury, of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, aided by Lieut. J. W. Gunnison, Corps of Topographical Engineers, and Albert Carrington. The adjacent country laid down from the latest and most authentic data. Drawn by Lieut. Gunnison and Charles Preuss. Hand colored; 176 x 78 cm, folded 23 x 15 cm. Scale 1:1,000,000. New York: Ackerman Lith., circa 1851

 Item — Box: 4b, Folder: 1, 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: circa 1851

Map of the Country upon Upper Red River explored in 1852 by Capt. R. B. Marcy, 5th U.S. Infy, assisted by Bvt. Capt. G. B. McClellan, U.S. Engs., under orders from the Headquarters of the U.S. Army. 89 x 45 cm. Scale 1:633,600. New York: Ackerman Lith., circa 1853

 Item — Box: 4b, Folder: 2, 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: circa 1853

Map of the Country Between the Frontiers of Arkansas and New Mexico, embracing the section explored in 1849, 50, 51, & 52 by Capt. R. B. Marcy, 5th U.S. Infy., under orders from the War Department. Also a continuation of the immigrant road from Fort Smith and Fulton down the Valley of the Gila. 154 x 73 cm. Scale 1:1,500,000. New York: Ackerman Lith., circa 1853

 Item — Box: 4b, Folder: 2, 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: circa 1853

David Rusk’s Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff docket book (Civil). 250 pages, 1838-1842

 Item — Box: 4b, Folder: 3, 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: 1838-1842

David Rusk’s Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff docket book (Criminal). 37 pages, 1844-1846

 Item — Box: 4b, Folder: 4, Item: 1
Scope and Contents

Page 36 has a 1/13/1877 promissory note from David Rusk to Mary C. Taylor for $327.60 in gold. Also includes 1867 account of James W. Reid and Alexander W. Reid for sweet potatoes on the inside back cover.

Dates: 1844-1846

Index to David Rusk’s Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff docket book (Criminal), circa 1846

 Item — Box: 4b, Folder: 4, 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: circa 1846

Partial abstract of original titles in the General Land Office. List of Titles Issued By Talbot Chambers, Commissioner for Milam’s Colony; Jose Antonio Navarro in Green De Witt’s Colony; Jose Jesus Vidaurri in Powers & Hewetson’s Colony; Charles S. Taylor, Commissioner for the Frontier Settlers East of Austin’s Colonies, 1835-1836; George A. Nixon, Commissioner for the Colonies of Burnet, Vehlein, and Zavala, 1834-1835; William H. Steel, in Robertson, or Austin and Williams’ Colony, 1834-1835; Special Grants in De Witt’s Colony and Bexar County by Jose Antonia Navarro and Others; Lands Sold by the State under contract of S. M. Williams, F. W. Johnson, and Robert Peebles; and For Lands sold by the State of Coahuila and Texas in May 1835; also Sundry Miscellanies. Pages 49-50, 53-75, 89-97, 102-182, circa 1830s*

 Item — Box: 4b, Folder: 5, 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: circa 1830s*