ALS (draft), 1797 Aug. 27-Sept. 5, Philadelphia, to Samuel Bayard.

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ALS (draft), 1797 Aug. 27-Sept. 5, Philadelphia, to Samuel Bayard.

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Concerns the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, including illnesses and deaths in Boudinot's family, evacuation of the city, and the success of and opposition to Benjamin Rush's treatment.

1 item (4 p.) ; 34 cm.

Rosenbach Museum & Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6791888

Rosenbach Museum & Library

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Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821

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Elias Boudinot (May 2, 1740 – October 24, 1821) was a lawyer and statesman from Elizabeth, New Jersey who was a delegate to the Continental Congress and served as President of Congress from 1782 to 1783. He was elected as a U.S. Congressman for New Jersey following the American Revolutionary War. He was appointed by President George Washington as Director of the United States Mint, serving from 1795 until 1805. Born in Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania, Boudinot received a classica...

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813

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Benjamin Rush (January 4, 1746 [O.S. December 24, 1745] – April 19, 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States who signed the United States Declaration of Independence, and a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, and educator and the founder of Dickinson College. Rush attended the Continental Congress. His later self-description there was: "He aimed right." He served as Surgeon General of the Continental Army and became a profess...

Boudinot family.

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Bayard, Samuel, 1767-1840

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