Letter, 1914, Feb. 12 : Baltimore, to Dr. Jacobs.

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Letter, 1914, Feb. 12 : Baltimore, to Dr. Jacobs.

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ALS. Latané responds to Jacobs' inquiries regarding a 1797 letter by Benjamin Rush on slavery. In his opinion, "the framers of the Constitution seem to have regarded slavery as a dying institution, but the invention of the cotton-gin in 1793 gave it a new lease on life."

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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...

Jacobs, Henry Barton, 1858-1939

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Latané, John Holladay (1869-1932).

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U.S. Historian. From the description of Letter, 1914, Feb. 12 : Baltimore, to Dr. Jacobs. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35093217 Biographical Note: John Holladay Latané came to Hopkins as professor of American Diplomatic History in 1913. He remained a member of the history department until his death in 1932. Latane's contemporaries characterized him as an outspoken idealist. He supported the League of Nations, the Kellog-Briand Pact and opp...