Winter Discovery Auction Nov 14
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/14/2013
| RUSH, BENJAMIN. 1746-1813. Founding Father of the U.S., Physician and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Autograph Note Signed, penned on a 6 in. x 2 1/2" in. leaf, no place, dated July 17, 1806. |
| "Mary Dunbar died the day after I saw her with a fever. Ben}. Rush July 17, 1806" |
| [Below is an unintelligible notation penned in an unknown hand.] |
Rush was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and attended the Continental Congress. An uncommon autograph, who later in life became a professor of medical theory and clinical practice at the University of Pennsylvania. Rush had a wide influence on the development of American government and was an early opponent of slavery and capital punishment. Tipped to a larger leaf of heavy stock paper; exhibits slight toning on right and left margins; otherwise, in fine condition
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