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Letters to Benjamin Rush

B. 1746 · D. 1813

Benjamin Rush was an American revolutionary, a Founding Father of the United States and signatory to the U.S. Declaration of Independence, and a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, educator, and the founder of Dickinson College. Rush was a Pennsylvania delegate to the Continental Congress. He later described his efforts in support of the American Revolution, saying: "He aimed well." He served as Surgeon General of the Middle Department of the Continental Army and became a professor of chemistry, medical theory, and clinical practice at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Benjamin Franklin to Benjamin Rush, December 26, 1783

From Benjamin Franklin
To Benjamin Rush
December 26, 1783

Benjamin Franklin writes to Benjamin Rush in 1783 to inform him about a remarkable balloon flight by Messieurs Charles and Robert near Paris, witnessed by thousands. Franklin requests Rush to translate and share the account with their philosophical society and mentions his intention to send the society valuable books, including the French Encyclopédie.

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