Author: Publisher:
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Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography
Miss Rutherford's Historical Notes
Author: Mildred Lewis RutherfordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Historical Notes and Documents Illustrating the Organization of the Protestant Episcopal Church
Author: William PerryPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368830635
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Historical Notes of Dr. Benjamin Rush, 1777
Author: Silas Weir MitchellThe Selected Writings of Benjamin Rush
Author: Dagobert D. RunesPublisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504013069
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
Benjamin Rush was a Founding Father of the United States. He lived in Pennsylvania and was a physician, writer, educator, humanitarian and devout Christian, as well as the founder of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Rush was a signatory of the Declaration of Independence and attended the Continental Congress. Later in life, he became a professor of medical theory and clinical practice at the University of Pennsylvania. Despite having a wide influence on the development of American government, he is not as widely known as many of his American contemporaries. Rush was also an early opponent of slavery and capital punishment. Despite his great contributions to early American society, Rush may be more famous today as the man who, in 1812, helped reconcile the friendship of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams by encouraging the two former Presidents to resume writing to each other. The editor of the preface of this book gives an in-depth look into Benjamin Rush’s life. The writings of Rush, which are contained in this book, show a wide range of interest and knowledge embracing agriculture and the mechanical arts, chemistry and medicine, political science, and theology. Included are letters he wrote in an effort to dispel prejudice, to fight oppression, and to elevate the lot of the lowly.
HISTORICAL NOTES OF DR BENJAMI
Author: Benjamin 1746-1813 RushPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781363202737
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
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Sketch of Its Origin, with the Proceedings and Addresses at Its Organization
Author: Pennsylvania-German SocietyPublisher:
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Category : Pennsylvania Dutch
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society
Author: Dr. Benjamin Rush
Author: Harlow Giles UngerPublisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306824337
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
A gripping, often startling biography of the Founding Father of an America that other Founding Fathers forgot--an America of women, African Americans, Jews, Roman Catholics, Quakers, indentured workers, the poor, the mentally ill, and war veterans Ninety percent of Americans could not vote and did not enjoy rights to life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness when our Founding Fathers proclaimed, "all men are created equal." Alone among those who signed the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Rush heard the cries of those other, deprived Americans and stepped forth as the nation's first great humanitarian and social reformer. Remembered primarily as America's leading, most influential physician, Rush led the Founding Fathers in calling for abolition of slavery, equal rights for women, improved medical care for injured troops, free health care for the poor, slum clearance, citywide sanitation, an end to child labor, free universal public education, humane treatment and therapy for the mentally ill, prison reform, and an end to capital punishment. Using archival material from Edinburgh, London, Paris, and Philadelphia, as well as significant new materials from Rush's descendants and historical societies, Harlow Giles Unger's new biography restores Benjamin Rush to his rightful place in American history as the Founding Father of modern American medical care and psychiatry.
The American Revolution
Author: George Otto TrevelyanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description