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Autograph letter signed

to David Ramsay re: new Constitution is a "masterpiece of human wisdom"

1787/10/01

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813

GLC04838
Collection Item
Book

[The Holy Bible; inscribed by Benjamin Rush].

1772

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813

Presented by him to his daughter, Ann Emily Rush.

GLC04998.01
Collection Item
Autograph letter

to Ann Emily Rush Cuthbert

circa 1802-1813

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813

Also written on by Cuthbert, Rush's eldest daughter. He writes, "permit me my dear child to remind you of the promises you made me the evening before we parted. I shall not be happy till I hear of your having fulfilled them. I send you herewith a...

GLC04998.02
Collection Item
Object

[Box for Benjamin Rush's Bible].

1772

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813

Bible presented by him to his daughter, Ann Emily Rush (see GLC04998.01 and GLC04998.02). Cloth that surrounded the bible is in the box.

GLC04998.03
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Polly Stockton

9 March 1790

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813

On the second anniversary of his recovery from illness, Rush thanks his sister for nursing him. His illness left him with strong ideas of the vanity of wealth, the evil of Sin, etc. He continues by talking about his delight in reading John Wesley's...

GLC05508.011

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