Table Of ContentLibrary Company of Philadelphia
Rush family papers, 1748-1876
List of correspondents
Abolition Society, letter of thanks regarding gift of land, September 28, 1804 [7403 F 30]
Agnew, Samuel, letters of vaccine establishment at Harrisburg, 1810 [1 Rush 17]
Agricultural Society of Philadelphia, letter of thanks, November 2, 1807 [7403 F 52]
Alexander, J., letter inquiring about Mr. Adamson's health, May 13, 1811 [7404 F 36]
Allison, Patrick, letter disapproving of Dickinson College, February 12, 1783 [7258 F 14-16]
Allston, William, letter inquiring regarding Jacob Polk, December 6, 1798 [7242 f 1]
Alston, John, deed of land in Northumberland County; transfer of same to Joseph Priestly; 1793-1794
[7402 F 50]
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, certificate of his election as a fellow, August 20, 1788,
December 15, 1789 [7402 F 38]
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, letter of thanks, October 6, 1800 [7403 F 11]
American Academy of Arts, nomination as member, 1811 [9 Rush MS 44]
American Philosophical Society, letter of thanks, February 7, 1806 [7403 F 44]
Anonymous, Warning to Dr. Rush as to the effect of his opinion on the domestic origin of yellow fever,
1793 [25 Rush MS 13]
Archer, J.C., letter about General Lee, etc., December 19, 1778 [7260 F 49]
Armstrong, J., letter, April 17, 1783 [7258 F 26]
Articles of agreement between James Rush and John Richardson concerning the publication of Diseases
of the Mind by Benjamin Rush, November 5, 1817 [7279 F 12]
Atwater, Jeremiah, letters, 1809-1813 [7259 F]
Baker, Richard, two letters, 1774-1775 [7260 F 15,22]
Barlow, Joel, letter, July 12, 1812 [7299 F 29]
Bartlett, Josiah, two letters, January 25, 1783, February 17, 1812 [7260 F 78, 136]
Barton, William B.C., letter about his position, December 27, 1808 [7404 F 10]
Bill for Drugs with note by James Rush, 1783 [39 Rush MS 31-32]
Binney, B., letter asking Rush's advice about leaving the hospital [7260 F 48]
Black, J., letter, March 8, 1783, April 21, 1783, June 21, 1783 [7258 F 19, 28, 31]
Black, J., letter, September 15, 1783 [7258 F 39]
Black, John, letter regarding the adoption of the Federal Constitution, February 13, 1788 [7260 F 120]
Black, John, letters about Dickinson College, 1783-1786 [7258 F and 7259 F]
Board of Health, letter proposing Dr. Rush as consulting physician with Dr. Physick, 1798 [31 Rush
MS 57]
Bond of Benjamin Rush to John B. Wallace, et. al., 1812 [31 Rush MS 56]
Bond, P., two letters, June 5 and 30, 1786 [7260 F 113, 114]
Booth, George, letter asking permission to dedicate to him a volume of poems, November 21, 1801
[7242 F 2]
Boyd, John, letter refusing to help the establishment of Dickinson College, February 17, 1783 []
Bradford Will case, testimony and letters, 1798 [29 Rush 1-15]
Bradford, Samuel T., agreement regarding the printing of lectures [39 rush MS 131]
Bradhead, Daniel, receipt for payment of Surveyor General’s fees, April 4, 1794 [7402 F 62]
Breckenridge, H.H., letter in which he acknowledges the receipt of the pamphlet on spirituous liquors,
August 23, 1785 [30 Rush MS 24]
Brown, W., letter about the hospital, December 25, 1777 [7260 F 43]
Bruce, Richard B., letter transmitting "Prospectus of the Royal Institution of Great Britain," from Prof.
Garnett, June 15, 1800 [7242 F 3]
Bruere, George (officer under General Gage), copy of a letter, May 10, 1775 [7260 F 23]
Bruere, George, letter [7260 F 24]
Buchanan, George, letter, June 16, 1783 [7260 F 83]
Burr, Aaron, letter introducing General Pickens, August 21, 1794 [Volume 24, page 27]
Cabel, Samuel, letter inquiring about the medical course in Philadelphia, etc., September 4, 1810 [7242
F 4]
Cadwalader, Lambert, letter about the petition for Dickinson College, January 25, 1785 [7258 F 108]
Caldwell, Dr. Charles, letters and papers concerning the controversy, 1794 [29 Rush MS 58-68]
Campbell, Fran., letter recommending John Reynolds, May 21, 1806 [7242 F 5]
Campbell, S.L., letter with an account of the sickness of Andrew Moore, March 26, 1801 [7242 F 6]
Campbell, S.L., letters introducing James Houston, John K. Moore, 1803, 1812 [7242 F 7, 8]
Campbell, Samuel, letter regarding religion, July 16, 1800 [7242 F 9]
Capelle, Joseph, letter concerning observations on rats, March 20, 1788 [7242 F 22]
Carlisle, David, letter on behalf of Mrs. Elharran Winchester, January 1, 1798 [7242 F 10]
Carmichael, William, friendly letters, 1779, 1804, 1809 [7242 F 11, 12, 14]
Carson, Richard D., letter about having shipped Julia's trunk, March 3, 1812 [7242 F 47]
Carter, Henry Yates, letter asking to be recommended for a position in the hospital staff of the army,
July 18, 1808 [7242 F 18]
Carter, Henry Yates, letters discussing medical cases, April 26, 1795 [7242 F 19-21]
Carter, R., letter about his medical studies in England, February 25, 1804 [7242 F 17]
Carver, J., letter for Veterinary Institution, College of London, October 1812 [7401 F 5]
Case of donation lands, 1802 [4 Rush MS 136]
Cathcart, Robert, letter about his wife's health, April 20, 1810 [7242 F 23]
Cathcart, Robert, letter announcing the nomination of Samuel Miller as President of Dickinson College,
October 4, 1808 [7259 F 112]
Certificate attesting to membership of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery,
January 16, 1792 [6089 F]
Chambers, Stephen, letter regarding lands on Catawisse claimed by Dr. Plunkett and Mr. Reese, June
24, 1787
Channing, Walter, letter asking for letters of introduction to medical men in Great Britain, June 7, 1810
[7242 F 25]
Chastain, Lewis, letter regarding the Chinese snake-stone, May 5, 1806 [7242 F 26]
Chestnut, James, letter about physicians in Camden, SC, April 15, 1810 [7242 F 27]
Circular letter, copy, soliciting subscriptions for a college at Carlisle addressed to Messrs. McMillen,
Dunlap, Powers, Suckey, Linn, Smith, Henderson and Martin, undated [7258 F2]
City Hospital, a remarkable letter in which Drs. Physick and Oliver admit their want of success in
treating yellow fever, 1798 [38 Rush MS 17]
Clark, David, letter inquiring about Mr. Norfleet, February 2, 1811 [7242 F 28]
Clarke, John, letter introducing President Willard of Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, July
26, 1784 [7242 F 29]
Clay, Joseph, letter on behalf of Thomas Cooper, July 5, 1811 [7259 F 159]
Claypoole, William, letters, Wilmington, North Carolina, March 10 and November 23, 1874 [7242 F
30-32]
Clymer, George, two letters, undated [7260 F 137, 138]
Coates, Samuel and William Poyntell, letter on receipt of the legacy from Charles Nicholls to the
Pennsylvania Hospital, February 5, 1808 [7404 F 2]
Cobbett, letters in relation to the suit against Cobbett for slander, 1797-1801 [29 rush 80-91]
Cochrane, James, letter about his pecuniary affairs, May 27, 1802 [7242 F 33]
Cogswell, Mason F., letter inquiring about Mr. Seymour, March 11, 1810 [7242 F 34]
Coles, Mr., note announcing his departure, undated [7242 F 35]
Collin, Nicholas, letter of thanks on behalf of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Stockholm, April 10,
1793 [7402 F 51]
Collings, Rachel, letter asking for help, March 3, 1802 [7242 F 36]
Committee of students, letter congratulating him on the successful close of a course of lectures, 1789
[25 Rush MS 8]
Condry, Jeremiah, letter about collection accounts, December 9, 1790 [7242 F 37]
Connecticut Medical Society, letter of thanks, October 18, 1806 [7403 F 48]
Connelly, John, letter about the bill against capital punishment, February 10, 1810 [7242 F 38]
Consultation with Dr. Physick on the case proposed by Dr. Agnew of "Fistula in Recte Vesicula
Uriniara," 1803 [1 Rush 11-12]
Controversy with E. Boudinot relating to the United States Mint, 1802 [29 Rush MS 20-33]
Controversy with E. Boudinot relating to the United States Mint, 1802 [29 Rush MS 41-53]
Cooper, William, letter regarding surveying lands and settling lands, 1784-1791 [7242 F 39-45]
Cornelison, A., letter about Mr. Hew's sickness, May 10, 1810 [7242 F 46]
Courtland, William M., letter asking for help, June 15, 1810 [7242 F 48]
Cowan, John Nevill, letter about the use of electricity in disease and observations, undated [7242 F 49,
50]
Coxe, J., incomplete letter about his illness [7242 F 51]
Coxe, John Redman, letter to James Rush giving chronology of Dr. Rush's connection with the
University of Pennsylvania, March 25, 1835 [7405 F 40]
Coxe, Tench, letters with rough notes of Dr. Benjamin Rush’s replies, 1789-1813 [27 Rush MS 44-54]
Craik, James, letter concerning an army hospital, October 29, 1798 [7242 F 52]
Craik, William, two letters regarding Mrs. Fitzhughs' sickness, July-August, 1805 [7242 F 53, 54]
Crawford, William, two letters about his patients, May 21, 1789, June 12, 1806 [7242 F 55-57]
Criticisms of theses submitted by Smauel Johnson, Mr. Burton, Mr. Dods, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Perr[y],
Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Cattell, Mr. Henderson, Mr. Irwin, Mr. Hawkins, and Mr. Channing,
April 1809 [7404 F 12]
Cullen, Dr., letter to Dr. Morgan recommending Dr. Rush for professor of Chemistry in the College of
Philadelphia, 1768 [24 Rush MS]
Cummings, Samuel M, letter inquiring about medical lectures, September 20, 1803 [7242 F 59]
Cunningham, Henry, letter regarding a bark he though was salt petre, July 12, 1777 [7242 F 60]
Cuthbert, James, Jr., letter Talleyrand and Beaumetz, February 19, 1794 [7242 F 61]
Cuthbert, James, letter introducing Mr. Bentinck, February 25, 1801 [7242 F 62]
Cutler, part of a letter, undated [7242 F 63]
Dallam, William M., letter regarding his patients, March 1806 [7242 F 64-66]
Darke, William, letter tracing his ancestry to the Rush family, August 23, 1800 [7242 F 67]
Daschkoff, Andrew, letter acknowledging receipt of a package, November 24, 1812 [7404 F 45]
Davidson, Rober, letter about Dickinson college, October 11, 1808 [7259 F 113]
de Casa Yrujo, Marques, letter transmitting the thanks of the King of Spain, September 11, 1806 [7403
F 46]
de Miranda, Francisco, letter announcing his departure, New York, July 22, 1784 [7242 F 96]
DeRosset, A.J., letter regarding his arrival, September 3, 1799 [7242 F 69]
Dickinson College Committee of Accounts, letter about the College funds, December 23, 1789 [7259 F
55]
Dickinson College Trustees, letter about a successor in Mr. Ross’s position, April 17, 1792 [7259 F 65]
Dickinson, John, letters about Dr. Nisbet, December 7, 1785 [7258 F 168]
Dilly, Charles, bookseller of London, letter, in which he refers to Dr. Rush’s early history, [1764] [31
Rush MS 28]
Dilly, Charles, letter showing Dr. Benjamin Rush’s popularity in England, 1787 [31 Rush MS 24]
Dover, Andrew, letter offering to sell cures for different diseases, August 28, 1810 [7242 F 70]
Dowse, Edward, letter, May 27, 1785 [7260 F 111]
Drayton, W.H. and Samuel Huntington, on behalf of Congress, letter regarding the army hospital, April
7, 1778 [7260 F 47]
Dubourg, letters, Paris, 1769-1779 [7260 F 4-53]
Duché, Jacob, letter desiring to return to American, August 4, 1789 [7260 F 126]
Duffield, Benjamin, Extract from the minutes of the College of Physicians accepting Dr. Rush's
resignation, November 5, 1793 [7242 F 71]
Duffield, Dr., letter concerning an anonymous communication concerning Dr. Rush in Dunlap's
Register, 1793 [35 Rush Mss 37]
Earle, Edward, letter about some debts of Dickinson College, April 16, 1812 [7259 F 166]
Edmiston, Samuel, letter, November 13, 1802 [7260 F 131]
Ellis, W.C., letter inquiring for the owner of lands on Moncy Creek, October 1, 1810 [7242 F 73]
Everett, N., letter about Dr. Gilman’s sickness, February 20, 1795 [7242 F 76]
Everette, Charles, letter about Col. Walker's sickness, August 3, 1809 [7242 F 75]
Ewing, John, letter regarding Reverend Mr. Tate’s death, November 4, 1795 [7242 F 74]
Fagan, John, letter about the disestablishment of religion in the United States, June 5, 1786 [7260 F
112]
Fayssoux, Peter, letter, June 22, 1777 [7260 F 41]
Female Association for the Relief of Women and Children, letter of thanks, November 17, 1808 [7404
F 9]
Fergusson, Hugh, letter about American politics, June 29, 1775 [7260 F 25]
Fergusson, Hugh, letter concerning Dr. Rush having had the yellow fever, 1794 [23 Rush Ms 45]
Fergusson, Hugh, letter concerning portrait of Dr. Rush, 1803 [23 Rush MS 43]
Finley, James E., three letters, March 18, 1779, June 28, 1779, October 4, 1779 [7260 F 50, 52, 55]
Fleetwood, Dr. Ebenezer, letter concerning the treatment of disease by the publication of Dr. Rush’s
writings, 1797 [25 Rush MS 16]
Floyd, John, letter asking for a recommendation as army hospital surgeon, April 13, 1812 [7242 F 72]
For an account of his late illness, 1788 [8 Rush MS 32]
For services as director of hospitals, Middle Department, American Revolution [7 Rush MS 21]
Franklin, Benjamin, copy of a letter asking that his name be omitted from the essay on Moral Sense,
1789 [7260 F 124]
Franks, Isaac, articles of agreement regarding Pennsylvania land, Philadelphia, 1784 [31 Rush MS 49
(?)]
[Gardith], James, letter with the present of a cane [39 Rush MS 108]
Gordon, Dr., note, September 1, 1781 [7260 F 65]
Gordon, Harry, letter about the war, June 1780 [7260 f 58]
Gordon, William, letters, 1770-1782 [7260 F 7-77]
Gray, William, letters, and manuscript notes by Dr. Rush showing the interest felt by Rush in the first
African Church, 1792 [24 Rush MS 116-118]
Griffith, T.P. , letter, "7 Bleedings in 5 days," 1793 [36 Rush MS 123]
Griffitts, Samuel P., letter, September 19, 1782 [7260 F 73]
Habersham, James, letter concerning Dr. Rush’s claim against the legislature of Georgia, 1791 [20
Rush Ms 43-44]
Hall, James, letter introducing Mrs. Short and George Kennedy: May 23, 1792 [7242 F 78]
Hall, John, three letters about London Hospital, August 10, 1783, January 22 and April 5, 1784 [7260 F
94, 99; 7242 F 156]
Hall, Thomas, Letter with copy of letter of thanks from Suigi Sustrini on behalf of the Queen of Etruria,
October 12, 1806 [7403 F 47]
Hamilton, James, letters, 1808-1812 [7259 F]
Hand, Edward, letter about a resolution in Congress, Annapolis, January 15, 1784 [7260 F 97]
Hanson, S., letter, December 15, 1788 [7260 f 123]
Hare, Robert, invitation to attend the funeral of [7242 F 79]
Harris, letter about the Emperor Alexander's compliment to Dr. Rush, 1812, October 19, 25 [7242 F 80]
Hartley, Thomas, letter about Dickinson College, January 8, 1785 [7258 F105]
Hartley, Thomas, letter about Dr. Nisbet, July 9, 1785 [7258 F 135]
Harvean Society of New Jersey, notice of his election as honorary member, April 22, 1801 [7403 F 13]
Hayling, Hannah, three letters, 1770-1774 [7242 F 81-83]
Heron, James G., letter introducing Jesse Kirkpatrick, November 10, 1791 [7242 F 84]
Hodge, Hugh, “Physicians Tricks” 1797 [29 Rush 92-106]
Hollenback, Matthias, caveat against Dr. Rush’s lands, 1794 [9 Rush MS p. 1]
Hopkinson, F., invitation [7260 F 140]
Howell, D., letter about the petition for Dickinson College, January 28, 1785 [7258 F 110]
Howell, David, letter, February 8, 1783 [7260 F 79]
Hunter, Andrew, letter declining the presidency of Dickinson College, April 10, 1809 [7259 F 117]
Hutson, Richard, letters, 1782-1783 [7260 F 69, 71, 81, 95]
Hutson, Richard, letter introducing Colonel Don Francisco de Miranda Charleston, October 31, 1783
[7242 F 97]
Incomplete letter regarding Mr. Lee's sickness, June 10, 1805 [7242 F 158]
Introductory lecture upon the duties of physicians to each other, November 2, 1812 [7400 F 16]
Ironical reasons against founding a college at Carlisle, May 20, 1783 [7258 f 30]
James, Thomas C., letter about the professorship of midwifery, February 16, 1813 [7242 F 85]
Jay, John, letter, March 24, 1785 [7258 F 117]
Jones, William, letters, October 27, 1783, undated [7260 F 96, 139]
King, J., letter, March 5, 1783 [7258 F 18]
King, J., letter, November 15, 1782 [7258 F 7]
King, John, letter about the mutiny of the Pennsylvania Line and the withdrawal of Congress, July 10,
1783 [7260 F 92]
King, John, letters regarding Dickinson College, 1782-1789 [7258 F and 7259 F]
Kloest, Jacob, letter transmitting medal from the King of Prussia, January, March 1806 [7403 F 45]
Land and taxes [4 Rush MS 151-155]
Langdon, John, letters from John Langdon concerning agriculture and his appointment to the Senate
and about his wife’s health, March 21, 1789, January 6, 1813 [7242 F 86, 87]
Lathrop, Dr. John, letter on their change of religious views, 1788 [24 Rush MS 144-145]
Le Circle des Philadelphes, notification of his election as member of and letter of thanks signed
Arthaud, October 13, 1787, July 26, 1788 [7402 F 24]
Letters and papers concerning the falsehoods and slander published in the Dictionnaire de Science
Medicales concerning the opinions of Dr. Benjamin Rush in yellow fever, 1819-1821 [25 Rush MS 53-
57]
Letters and papers relating to Charles Nichols' legacy to the Pennsylvania Hospital, 1808 [31 Rush MS
43-46]
Letters and papers relative to the controversy with Dr. Chapman, 1806-1807 [29 Rush MS 69-80]
Letters concerning the difficulty with E. Boudinot regarding Bradford's will, etc., 1802 [29 Rush MSS
1-40]
Linn, William, letter regarding Dr. Ewing trying to prevent Dr. Nisbet’s coming, September 13, 1784
[7242 F 88]
Linn, William, letter, September 25, 1783 [7258 F 41]
Linn, William, letters about Dickinson College, 1783-1784 [7258 F]
L'Institut National de France, letter acknowledging books, March 1, 1807 [7403 F 51]
List of apprentices, 1793-1812 [7262 F v.4, pages 204-208]
Livingston, Henry Brockhoft, letter about Spanish literature, September 7, 1780 [7260 F 62]
Lloyd, John, letter, July 6, 1812 [7261 F 44]
Mace, J., letter asking for a recommendation, with verses "To Benjamin Rush," September 14, 1803
[7242 F 90, 91]
Manning, James, letter, March 19, 1779 [7260 F 51]
Marshall, William, letter, September 15, 1798 [7245 F 141]
Mason, Nathaniel, letter introducing John Miller of North Carolina, 1808 December 28, 1808 [7242 F
92]
Mason, S.F., note asking advice, January 10, 1798 [7242 F 93]
May, Mr., letter remarks of James Rush on his father’s medical practice, undated [25 Rush MS 47]
McClean, L., letter concerning Margaret Nicolas's sickness. Warren Albemarle, February 16, 1803
[7242 F 95]
McClurg, James, letter, July 14 1780 [7260 F 60]
McCoskey, Samuel a., letter proposing Dr. Hunter for President of Dickinson College, March 26, 1809
[7259 F 116]
McDougall, John, bill of lading for goods on London Packet, November 7, 1805 [7242 F 94]
McHenry, James, letter about the petition for Dickinson College, January 31, 1785 [7258 F 111]
McHenry, James, two letters, 1775, 1779 [7260 F 30, 54]
Mease, E., letter on the illness of Dr. Benjamin Rush; yellow fever, 1793 [35 Rush Mss 92]
Medical student, letter, 1791 [25 Rush MS 11]
Miller, George, letter regarding spirituous liquors and slavery, September 27, 1784 [7260 F 103]
Miller, R. Craig, letter concerning his efforts in abolition of the slave trade, 1809 [10 Rush MS 44-51]
Mitchell, Samuel L., letter and essay on an exhibition of several wrong associations of ideas whereby
medical and chemical knowledge have been remarkably prevented and retarded, May, June 1801 [7401
F 17]
Mitchell, Samuel L., letter transmitting diploma from the Royal Academy of Madrid, August 4, 1812
[7404 F 44]
Montgomery, John, letter, April 16, 1783 [7258 F 27]
Montgomery, John, letters about books, March 9, 1799 [7403 F 7]
Montgomery, John, letters, 1785-1808 [7258 F and 7259 F]
Montgomery, John, letters, 1800-1802 [7259 F 80,81, 86, 88]
Montgomery, John, three letters about the mutiny of the Pennsylvania Line and the actions of Congress,
Princeton, New Jersey, June 27, 30, July 8, 1783 [7260 F 86-86, 90-91]
Morgan, Dr. John, letter about the American army, October 8, 1775 [7260 F 29]
Morgan, John, letter about Dr. Shippen: May 4, 1780 [7260 F 57]
Morse, Jed, letter introducing Messrs Hall and Newell, June 24, 1811 [7242 F 98]
Mortgage to John B. Wallace, Charles Pleasants, Isaac Wampole, executors of the estate of Edward
Shomeaker, May 23, 1812 [witnessed by John Syng Dorsey] [7404 F 41]
Murdock, John, letters showing that Mrs. Rush remained in Philadelphia, 1797 [10 Rush MS 119-120]
Neal, James A., letter proposing Dr. Rush as trustee of the Young Ladies Academy, 1800 [12 Rush MS
2]
Nelson, Dr. A., medical thesis of, dedicated to Dr. Rush, 1811 [15 Rush, MS 103]
Nisbet, Charles, letter, August 5, 1783 [7258 F 37]
Nisbet, Charles, letters, 1783-1803 [7258 F and 7259 F]
Okely, J., letter about the American citizenship, December 25, 1784 [7260 F. 107]
On a marriage problem, 1801 [20 Rush MS 18]
Otis, H.G., letter about Mrs. Otis's health, November 27, 1800 [7403 F 12]
Otto, John C., deed of sale of land in Northumberland County, transfer of same to Joseph Priestley, Jr.,
1793-1794 [7402 F 49]
Paca, William, letter, December 2, 1781 [7260 F 66]
Palloni, Gaetano, letter announcing Dr. Rush's election as corresponding member of the Accademia
Italiano delle Scienza, 1808 January 8 [7404 F 1]
Palmer, George, letter in which he mentions the bequest of ten guineas to Dr. Benjamin Rush by his
deceased brother, 1797 [39 Rush MS 52]
Part of a diary: religious principals, death of his mother Mrs. Susanna Morris and his sister Mrs. Rachel
Montgomery, written in 1800) [7406 F 29, pp. 367-384]
Parvin, Thomas, letter about slavery, March 25, 1785 [7260 F 110]
Peachy, Thomas Griffin, letter, April 17, 1781 [7260 F 64]
Pennsylvania Hospital, certificate which shows that Dr. Rush and Dr. Parker are the only physicians
who have remained in the city, 1793 [31 Rush Mss 34]
Petriken, Will, letter, 1812 [13 Rush MS 79]
Philadelphia Society for the Establishment and Support of Charity Schools, notice of his election,
November 13, 1802 [7403 F 18]
Phillips, Thomas, letter, July 2, 1803 [7260 F 132]
Potter, Dr. N., letters concerning the illness of Dr. Benjamin Rush, 1799 [13 Rush MS 122]
Powel, Elizabeth, letter asking for a copy of his pamphlet on education, January 24, 1795 [7242 F 101]
Price, Richard, letters, 1780-1790 [7260 F 61, 84, 105, 116, 117, 118]
Priestley, Joseph, correspondence with Dr. Rush, 1794-1805 [30 Rush MS 56-71]
Princeton University, letter of thanks, September 29, 1808 [7404 F 7]
Prophylaxis of yellow fever and plague, January 18, 1802 [7398 F 13]
Proposal of resignation as Treasurer of the United States Mint, 1800 [25 Rush MS 40]
Queen of Etruria, gold medal to Benjamin Rush, 1806 [39 Rush MS 74-75]
Queen of Etruria, letter concerning gold medal given to Benjamin Rush by the Queen of Etruria, 1807
[33 Rush MS 32]
Ralston, Robert, two receipts for subscription and loan to African Church, November 21, 1791 [7402 F
42]
Ramsay, David, letter about the adoption of the Federal Constitution, November 10, 1787 [7260 f 119]
Ramsay, David, letters, Charleston and New York, 1776-1810 [7257 F]
Ramsay, David, to letters to James Rush on the death of Dr. B. Rush, May, July 1813 [7257 F 72, 73]
Rawlings, Dr., letter on the recovery of Dr. Rush from a sever attack of yellow fever, 1793 [14 Rush
MS 10]
Read, G., letter about the estate of the late Mr. W. Thompson, April 24, 1808 [7404 F 4]
Read, William, letter, July 6, 1789 [7260 F 125]
Real Academy de Madrid, certificate of his election as member, October 24, 1805 [7403 F 40]
Rees, Morgan, letters relative to the lands of Dr. Rush, 1798-1804 [14 Rush Ms 46-59]
Reichel, Charles Gotthold, letter introducing Thomas Horsfield, October 9, 1794 [7242 F 106]
Relative to the mill creek lands [4 Rush Ms 138]
Resolution of class concerning the lectures of animal life and that they be published, undated [31 Rush
MS 98]
Rhodes and Otis, Bill of exchange, April 22, 1809 [7242 F 107]
Richardson, Joseph, peacemaker, letter, 1802 [29 Rush MS 36]
Rodgers, John R. B., letters, 1794 [14 Rush MSS 134-135]
Rodgers, John R. B., letter regarding appointment as professor at the University of New York [25 Rush
MS 22]
Rodgers, John R. B., letter in relation to a professor’s place for Dr. Rush, 1797 [25 Rush MS 41]
Rodgers, John R. B., letters, 1797 [25 Rush, 25-286]
Rodgers, John R. B., letter congratulating Dr. Benjamin Rush on his late agreeable marriage, January
30, 1776 [14 Rush MS 128]
Ross, John, letter introducing Mr. Benjamin, surveyor of Rush’s and Peter’s lands near Genesee River,
December 26, 1798 [7242 F 108]
Roudfit, James, three letters about his journey to India and his studies in London, 1791, 1793 [7242 F
102-104]
Rush, Benjamin, Estate, draft of letter to Mr. Moorhead about lands belonging to the estate of B. Rush,
July 19, 1816 [7404 F 61]
[Rush, Benjamin], letters about Dr. Nisbet, April to October 1786 [7259 F 12, 16, 31]
Rush, Benjamin Jr., letter to his father on yellow fever, 1793 [36 Rush MS 81]
Rush, Benjamin, An edition published in London of Dr. Rush's "Essay on the Absolution of the Pains of
Death for Murder," 1793 [B1 Rush MS 127]
Rush, Benjamin, bond to John Bartram, the botanist, 1774 [34 Rush MS 96]
Rush, Benjamin, Case of Taenia, treated by Dr. Rush, 1809 [B1 Rush MS 5]
Rush, Benjamin, copy of a letter about Washington, 1804 [7245 F 134]
Rush, Benjamin, copy of a letter to John Adams and a second draft for the same, February 12, 1812
[mentioning George Washington, William Shippen, F.W.A. Baron Steuben] [7242 F 136, 137]
Rush, Benjamin, copy of a letter to John Adams relating a dream of political significance, February 20,
1809 [7242 F 140]
Rush, Benjamin, copy of a letter to John Marshall about George Washington, September 5, 1804 [7245
F 130]
Rush, Benjamin, copy of a letter to the managers of the Pennsylvania Hospital and reply, 1812 [31
Rush MS 51-55]
Rush, Benjamin, copy of a letter regarding controversies with the military hospital and about
Washington, April 1812 [7245 F 120A]
Rush, Benjamin, copy of letter to Dr. Ewing accusing him of slander, April 1783 [7258 F 23]
Rush, Benjamin, copy of letter to General Armstrong on the political position of Presbyterians, July 30,
1783 [7258 F 34, 35]
Rush, Benjamin, copy of letter to General Armstrong regarding Dickinson College, March 19, 1783
[7258 F 20-21]
Rush, Benjamin, copy of letter to General Armstrong soliciting his favor in behalf of the college at
Carlisle, undated [7258 F 9, 10]
Rush, Benjamin, copy of letter to General Armstrong, [1782] [7258 F 9, 10]
Rush, Benjamin, copy of letter to William Bingham thanking him for a contribution for Dickinson
College, 1783 [7258 F 12]
Rush, Benjamin, donation of three tracts of land to the Abolition Society, 1804 [39 Rush MS 64]
Rush, Benjamin, endorsement for Buckley, the party asking for medicine during the yellow fever, to
pay four dollars to the first poor person he hears of in Philadelphia, "and it shall be paid," 1793 [36
Rush MS 67]
Rush, Benjamin, epitaph on William Bradford of Philadelphia, 1795 [39 MS 110]
Rush, Benjamin, epitaphs for Andrew Doz and for himself, 1789 [7262 F v.1, pages 69-70]
Rush, Benjamin, estate, ALS concerning business matters and legal fees, March 19, 1850 [7432 F 35]
Rush, Benjamin, Estate, bill for medical attendance to Archibald Binney, receipted by Jacob G. Tryon,
May 12, 1813 [7349 F 24]
Rush, Benjamin, estate, Williams, Henry J., Account of sale and distribution of Dr. Rush's 4th street
property, March 3, 1849 [7405 F 79]
Rush, Benjamin, heads of a lecture on the diseases of the old and new testament [7262 F v. 1, 115-118,
120-130]
Rush, Benjamin, hints for establishing a college at Carlisle, in Cumberland county, PA, September 3,
1782 [7258 F 1]
Rush, Benjamin, his silhouette sent for Dr. E. Fisher, [1801 or 1810] [5 Rush MS 37]
Rush, Benjamin, in relation to his essay against slavery, 1787 [6 Rush MS 39]
Rush, Benjamin, letter about Mr. Reed, November 5, 1782 [7260 F 74-75]
Rush, Benjamin, letter acknowledging receipt of gold coronation medal from the King of Prussia, 1806
[38 rush MS 46]
Rush, Benjamin, letter and remarks on the Earl of Buchan's present to George Washington and Dr.
Rush, 1806 [25 Rush MS 45]
Rush, Benjamin, letter concerning the state of the military hospital, February 1, 1778 [7245 f 120b]
Rush, Benjamin, letter in answer to questions of Dr. Pallon's regarding yellow fever, [1805] [38 Rush
MS 47]
Rush, Benjamin, letter nominating Dr. Mease as chief of the Medic al Department of the United States,
1809 [30 Rush MS 47]
Rush, Benjamin, letter of directions in reply to P. [Hollenback], 1815 [7 Rush MS 134]
Rush, Benjamin, letter regarding the Penn Treaty Tree, 1810 [39 Rush MS 83]
Rush, Benjamin, letter regarding yellow fever, “Brutus as you know was Caesar’s angel” [36 Rush MS
117]
Rush, Benjamin, letter to Colonel Bayard about the constitution of Pennsylvania, July 2, 1783 [7260 F
87]
Rush, Benjamin, letter to Dr. Hodge refusing to consult with him in cases of yellow fever, 1793 [35
Rush MSS 136]
Rush, Benjamin, letter to Dr. John Morgan in which motives and reasons for resignation in 1778 are
stated, undated [29 Rush MS 119]
Rush, Benjamin, letter to Dr. John Morgan on their differences, 1769 [25 Rush MS 1]
Rush, Benjamin, letter to Dr. Monroe on hepatitis, 1812 [39 Rush MS 94]
Rush, Benjamin, letter to Dr. Morgan, "Motives and reasons for my resignation in 1778," 1780 [29
Rush MS 119]
Rush, Benjamin, letter to Dr. Palon [sic] on yellow fever, 1805 [38 Rush MS 41]
Rush, Benjamin, letter to Dr. Wistar [29 RUSH MS 128]
Rush, Benjamin, letter to J. Montgomery, 1783 [7258 f 38]
Rush, Benjamin, letter to James Rush mentioning the death of Perse Butler, January 8, 1810 [7404 F
24]
Rush, Benjamin, letter to James Rush, November, December 1801 [7403 F 15]
Rush, Benjamin, letter to James Rush, 1804 [7406 F 31]
Rush, Benjamin, letter to James Rush, reproaching him for not writing, November 18, 1803 [7403 F
22]
Rush, Benjamin, letter to John Adams [possibly mentions Francesco Miranda, George Washington, and
Stephen Decatur], January 2, 1806 [7245 f 135]
Rush, Benjamin, letter to John Adams giving a statement of his controversies, February 26, 1811 [7245
f 138]
Rush, Benjamin, letter to John Adams on the folly of the claims of the Episcopal and Presbyterian
Churches to exclusive divine religion, 1809 [39 Rush MS 132]
Rush, Benjamin, letter to John Kingston, concerning his biography appearing the in the new dictionary,
1809 [25 Rush MS 49]
Rush, Benjamin, letter to John Montgomery about Dr. Ewing, April 14, 1783 [7258 F 24]
Description:of the Mind by Benjamin Rush, November 5, 1817 [7279 F 12]. Atwater, Jeremiah, letters, 1809-1813 [7259 F]. Baker, Richard, two letters, 1774-1775
