Benjamin Rush (Philadelphia) letter to Julia Stockton Rush (Princeton [N.J.]), 1791 July 16-17

Item Info

Title:
Benjamin Rush (Philadelphia) letter to Julia Stockton Rush (Princeton [N.J.]), 1791 July 16-17
Description:
Rush writes of their exchange of letters, and mentions both of their sons, along with the grandson of President Washington, who is ill with a fever and is being attended by doctors Shippen and Kuhn. He also successfully treats a woman with a locked jaw. He announces his plan to open an African Church, and describes the resulting excitement in the free black community.
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https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4327b
Date:
July 16, 1791 to July 17, 1791
Author:
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Recipient:
Rush, Julia Stockton
Identifier:
  • 285657835abf6eb46bcec59b6b7843de
  • rushbenjaminandjulia
  • duke:280654
  • brpst015017
  • ark:/87924/r4327b
  • d5c1ac26-dce0-4f00-b83c-b2851b1cc834
Digital Collection:
Benjamin and Julia Stockton Rush Papers
Source Collection:
Benjamin and Julia Stockton Rush papers
Series:
Letters, 1777-1824
Language:
English
Extent:
1 leaf; 3 pages; 32 cm
Location:
Subject:
Trismus
Format:
correspondence
Provenance:
Gift of Josiah Charles Trent Collection, 1956
Rights:
Free Re-Use
Public Domain
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