Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Jacob Read, 1785 Jan. 16.

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Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Jacob Read, 1785 Jan. 16.

Concerning the petition from the Trustees of Dickinson College for the use of the public buildings at Carlisle, Pa., and attendant difficulties.

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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...

Dickinson College

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Read, Jacob, 1751-1816,

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