Declaration of Independence, 1776, 19uu.

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Declaration of Independence, 1776, 19uu.

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Declaration of Independence (draft), 1776 (undated, 20th c. facsimilie copy made from the original draft owned by Benjamin Rush of Van Dyke (Mich.), a descendant of Dr. Benjamin Rush. A note states that the copy was presented by Hon. Jesse P. Wolcott.

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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...

Wolcott, Jesse P. (Jesse Paine), 1893-1969

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