Rush, Julia Stockton to Samuel Stockton, 1776 March 14
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| TITLE INFORMATION | |||
| Title | Rush, Julia Stockton to Samuel Stockton, 1776 March 14 | ||
| ASSOCIATED NAMES | |||
| Creator | Rush, Julia Stockton | ||
| Recipient | Stockton, Samuel | ||
| CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
| Abstract | A personal letter from Julia Rush, in Philadelphia, to her uncle, Samuel Stockton, in London. Julia writes of her affection for her uncle and hopes for his return to Philadelphia soon. Julia also writes of her meeting, swift courtship, and recent marriage to Dr. Benjamin Rush, a prominent Philadelphia physician. She notes that her mother and father made Dr. Rush aware that "I was at my own disposal [entirely]. that they would never say a word to influence me in behalf of any man whatever" in regards to his proposal. | ||
| Note | Partially illegible. | ||
| Language | English (eng) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Women | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | War and families--United States--History--18th century | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Women--History--18th century | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Marriage | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Courtship | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Upper class women--18th century | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Philadelphia (Pa.) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | London (England) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Stockton, Richard, 1730-1781 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Stockton, Annis Boudinot, 1736-1801 | ||
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
| Type | Text | ||
| Genre | Correspondence;Personal Correspondence | ||
| Format | electronic resource | ||
| Extent | 3p. | ||
| Digital Origin | reformatted digital | ||
| Reformatting Quality | preservation | ||
| ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
| Date Issued | 1776-03-14 | ||
| PARENT COLLECTION | |||
| Title | Julia Rush Letters, 1776-1809 | ||
| Call Number | Mss.B.R894 | ||
| URL | https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.R894-ead.xml | ||
| ACCESS INFORMATION | |||
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