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Rusk's library also contained the works of Jefferson, Adams,
Hamilton, and Webster, Macaulay's History of England, Gibbon's
History of Rome, Life and Times of Henry Clay, Biographical
History of Congress, Biography Britannica, American Encyclo-
pedia, Soping's History of the U. S., a history of Mexico, Mill's
System of Logic, and Chesterfield's Works, as well as many other
volumes not named.12 And little Pamela Starr "often borrowed
from his library old numbers of a child's magazine, The School-
fellows, which contained charming fairy stories."":
Rusk's library was in the southeast room of his home. The
walls of this room were covered with shelves from about two feet
above the floor to the ceiling. There were a large fireplace and
two windows on the east side of the room and two windows on
the south. The room was large, light and airy, a comfortable,
pleasant place.14 It was here that Rusk spent most of his time
when he was at home, reading constantly. His nephew, John
Rusk, said that he had seldom ever seen his Uncle Tom when he
did not have a book in his hand, and that he was able to concen-
trate on his reading so well that the children playing all around
him never disturbed him.15
But while I was gradually acquiring interesting little facts,
incidents, and anecdotes about Rusk, his wife, and his children,
I still had not found the Rusk papers. I could learn nothing
definite about the Rusk papers. No one whom I asked had ever
seen them or even felt sure that they existed. But "So-and-So"
might have them. There was never a tangible clue to their where-
abouts or even to their existence, but somehow the tradition per-
sisted that Rusk had lots of papers which he kept in barrels for
lack of a filing cabinet. I was frequently told that Rusk's nephew
who was living on a farm a few miles from Nacogdoches had a
trunk full of old letters and papers, but that he had never allowed
anyone to read them. On the third of May, 1928, I went to see
Mr. John Rusk. He was sick in bed at the time and, as I was
to learn later, was even then on his death bed. But at that time,
"Records of the Probate Court, Book B, pp. 228-230. Office of County
Clerk, Nacogdoches County Court House.
"Letter from Mrs. Emory Clapp, nee Pamela Starr, New Orleans,
Louisiana, June 19, 1928.
"'Statement of Mrs. Sophie Shaw Peavy, 1928.
"Statement of John Rusk, 1928.186
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