Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00525 Author/Creator: Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 Place Written: Baltimore, Maryland Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 January 1777 Pagination: 3 p. : address : docket ; 21.1 x 16.6 cm Order a Copy
Recommends a young officer named Ebenezer Finley to Knox's artillery corps Finley is "intimately acquainted with those branches of knowledge with are connected with the Science of war." Is currently a third lieutenant in another artillery group, but has been offered command of a Maryland infantry company. But since "his genius & inclinations both mark him for the artillery," Rush is hoping top secure him a company of artillery under Knox instead. States Finley is also "a perfect little gentleman." Also mentions that his father is the late Doctor Samuel Finley, the President of the College of New Jersey, now called Princeton, where Ebenezer was a graduate. "On public service" written on address leaf.
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