Rush, Benjamin to Richard Henry Lee, 1777 January 07
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| TITLE INFORMATION | |||
| Title | Rush, Benjamin to Richard Henry Lee, 1777 January 07 | ||
| Alternative Title | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813. ALS to Richard Henry Lee | ||
| ASSOCIATED NAMES | |||
| Creator | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | ||
| Recipient | Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794 | ||
| CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
| Abstract | Letter from Benjamin Rush to Richard Henry Lee. Rush asks on behalf of Hugh Mercer to inform his wife Isabella Gordon that he is improving after his significant wounding from bayonets. Mercer would die of his wounds a few days later, although Rush writes that "there are reasonable hopes of his recovery." Rush describes Mercer's injuries in detail. He goes on to describe the Battle at Princeton, including number of wounded on both sides and the death of Captain Leslie. In describing the death of Captain Leslie, Rush writes, "I wept for the first time for a victory gained over british troops. Our attachment to each other was reciprocal for when I was introduced to a Capt. McPher[]son in order to dress his wounds, he asked if I was the Dr Rush who used to correspond with Capt Leslie. I told him I was - He Told me that he had heard his friend Leslie say a thousand times that he forgot in [] the political enemy in [] personal friend." Rush describes the village of "Princetown" as so deserted that "you would think it has been desolated with the plague and an earthquake as well as with the calamities of war." Rush details the current state of the village. Rush completes his letter by describing the retreating British Army and other matters related to the army and the war. | ||
| Note | American Philosophical Society | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Language | (eng) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States. Declaration of Independence--Signers | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States--Politics and government--18th century | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Medicine--United States--History--18th century | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Princeton, Battle of, Princeton, N.J., 1777 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Princeton (N.J.) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Mercer, Hugh, approximately 1725-1777 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Gordon, Isabella, -1791 | ||
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
| Type | Text | ||
| Genre | Correspondence | ||
| Extent | 4p. | ||
| Digital Origin | Reformatted digital | ||
| Reformatting Quality | Preservation | ||
| ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
| Date Issued | 1777-01-07 | ||
| Date Captured | 2021 | ||
| PARENT COLLECTION | |||
| Title | Richard Henry Lee papers | ||
| Call Number | Mss.B.L51 | ||
| URL | https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.L51-ead.xml | ||
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