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Box 5

 Container

Contains 48 Results:

Appointment of David Rusk as Juan Lorenzo Boden’s attorney to apply for a certificate to survey, locate and obtain a patent on one league and labor of land in Nacogdoches Co. Witnessed by Albert Emanuel, Stephen Collins and Thomas J. Rusk 2/9/1838. Nacogdoches Co. deed for one league and labor from Juan Lorenzo Boden to David Rusk for $30. Witnessed by Albert Emanuel, Stephen Collins and Thomas J. Rusk, 2/9/1838*

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 3, 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: 2/9/1838*

Nacogdoches Co. deed for 640 acres of land from Juan Bautista Chireno to David Rusk. Witnesses included James H. Starr, 3/11/1839

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 3, 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: 3/11/1839

Nacogdoches Co. deed for a slave named Ephraim from Deborah Gildon to David Rusk, 1/26/1846

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 3, Item: 11
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: 1/26/1846

Certificate no.6604 from the State of Texas to David Rusk recognizing his claim to $249.60 unpaid sheriff’s fees due him from service to the Republic of Texas as the Sheriff of Nacogdoches Co., 8/1/1855*

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 4, Item: 12
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: 8/1/1855*

Letter from H. M. Hanks in San Augustine to Sheriff David Rusk asking him to arrest a man named Mixon in Nacogdoches Co., 11/24/1839

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 4, Item: 13
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: 11/24/1839

Summons sent to the Sheriff of Nacogdoches Co. for Bennett Blake to testify in the Montgomery Co. District Court case of Thomas T. McIver vs. Daniel E. Harper, 6/9/1845

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 4, Item: 14
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: 6/9/1845

Letter from Wood Co. surveyor C. Rainwater at Quitman to A. A. Nelson about the quality and boundaries of 438 acres from the Jesus Flores survey, 2/12/1879*

 Sub-Series — Box: 5, Folder: 5, Item: 15
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: 2/12/1879*

Account of John Rusk with B. Hardeman and Son for 1873-1874, 1874*

 Sub-Series — Box: 5, Folder: 5, Item: 16
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: 1874*

Account of John Rusk with Davidson and Sutphen for 1883, 1/25/1884*

 Sub-Series — Box: 5, Folder: 5, Item: 17
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: 1/25/1884*

Account of John Rusk with George H. Davidson for 1894, 3/15/1895*

 Sub-Series — Box: 5, Folder: 5, Item: 18
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: 3/15/1895*

Account of John Rusk with George H. Davidson for 1895, 1/14/1896*

 Sub-Series — Box: 5, Folder: 5, Item: 19
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: 1/14/1896*

Nacogdoches Co. deed from Thomas J. Rusk to David Rusk for 1,000 acres, 12/2/1839

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 6, Item: 20
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: 12/2/1839

Letter from Thomas J. Rusk to David Rusk giving instructions to David for handling his business while he is away representing Texas in the U. S. Senate, 3/4/1846

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 6, Item: 21
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: 3/4/1846

Reconciliation of taxes from Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk certifying that his sum total of tax collections for 1838-1841 match the amount levied on the county by the Republic, 10/10/1842*

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 7, Item: 22
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: 10/10/1842*

Reconciliation of taxes of taxes collected by Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk for 1842-1843 signed by J. B. Miller, Secretary of the Republic of Texas Treasury, 7/19/1845

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 7, Item: 23
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: 7/19/1845

Reconciliation of taxes of Republic of Texas taxes collected by Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk for 1842-1845, 1845

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 7, Item: 24
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

Survey for one league and labor of land sold by Thomas Stanford to David Rusk and Daniel Lacy in Nacogdoches, 11/24/1839

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 8, Item: 25
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: 11/24/1839

Circular for the Melrose Male and Female High School. Broadside touts the instructors, tuition, terms and subjects, and describes the village of Melrose. Originally enclosed with W. C. Huntington letter, 9/20/1859

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 8, Item: 26
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: 9/20/1859

Appointment by Republic of Texas President of Texas Anson Jones of David Rusk as Sheriff of Nacogdoches Co., 11/22/1845

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 8, Item: 27
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: 11/22/1845

No.6 - STATEMENT showing the amount of LICENSE TAX received from each County from November the 1st, 1844, to February 1st, 1846, 2/15/1846*

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 9, Item: 28
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: 2/15/1846*