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Box 1

 Container

Contains 4 Results:

Letters and documents pertaining to the Rueg Bros. (3 items), 1834-1837

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of store accounts, receipts, drug store orders, several notes and leters, a stock certificate, and some matchbooks. Researchers might find the receipts in Folder 1 useful for identifying early 20th-century Nacogdoches businesses. The letter in Folder 9 about a slave named Jim trying to buy the freedom of himself and his family is also of research interest.

Dates: 1834-1837

Letter from H. Rueg at Nacogdoches to Dr. Carlos Noyrit at Natchitoches, 11/3/1834

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of store accounts, receipts, drug store orders, several notes and leters, a stock certificate, and some matchbooks. Researchers might find the receipts in Folder 1 useful for identifying early 20th-century Nacogdoches businesses. The letter in Folder 9 about a slave named Jim trying to buy the freedom of himself and his family is also of research interest.

Dates: 11/3/1834

State of Coahuila and Texas, District of Nacogdoches, sale of four slaves (James, his wife Silvy, and their kids Peggy and Adam) from Radford Berry to the Rueg brothers for $750, 2/13/1834

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of store accounts, receipts, drug store orders, several notes and leters, a stock certificate, and some matchbooks. Researchers might find the receipts in Folder 1 useful for identifying early 20th-century Nacogdoches businesses. The letter in Folder 9 about a slave named Jim trying to buy the freedom of himself and his family is also of research interest.

Dates: 2/13/1834

Letter from Radford Berry at Pattonia to H. Rueg at Natchitoches re: a slave named Jim trying to buy the freedom of himself and his family, 7/13/1837

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of store accounts, receipts, drug store orders, several notes and leters, a stock certificate, and some matchbooks. Researchers might find the receipts in Folder 1 useful for identifying early 20th-century Nacogdoches businesses. The letter in Folder 9 about a slave named Jim trying to buy the freedom of himself and his family is also of research interest.

Dates: 7/13/1837