Travels through life: or an account of sundry incidents and events in the life of Benjamin Rush … written for the use of his children, [1800] Vol 2
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| TITLE INFORMATION | |||
| Title | Travels through life: or an account of sundry incidents and events in the life of Benjamin Rush … written for the use of his children, [1800] Vol 2 | ||
| ASSOCIATED NAMES | |||
| creator | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | ||
| CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
| Abstract | This autobiography is separated into eight volumes. The autobiography relates Rush's experiences in college and medical school; his meetings with notable doctors; his life in Scotland, England, and France; his medical views; the military and politics during the Revolutionary War; and brief sketches of personalities of that period. | ||
| Note | The ninth surviving volume of this autobiography is in the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1314 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. All nine volumes of this autobiography have been published; see George W. Corner, ed., "The Autobiography of Benjamin Rush: His Travels through Life, together with his Commonplace Book for 1789-1813," American Philosophical Society Memoirs 25 (1948). | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Language | (eng) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Medicine--United States--History--18th century | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Philadelphia (Pa.)--Politics and government--18th century | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Medicine--Practice--Pennsylvania | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Philadelphia (Pa.)--History | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | War and families--United States--History--18th century | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Pennsylvania | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Philadelphia (Pa.) | ||
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
| Type | Text | ||
| Genre | Diaries | ||
| Genre | Autobiography | ||
| Genre | Autobiographies | ||
| Extent | 46p. | ||
| Digital Origin | Reformatted digital | ||
| Reformatting Quality | Preservation | ||
| ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
| Date Issued | [1800] | ||
| Date Captured | 2020 | ||
| PARENT COLLECTION | |||
| Title | Travels through life: or an account of sundry incidents and events in the life of Benjamin Rush … written for the use of his children, [1800] | ||
| Call Number | Mss.B.R89t | ||
| URL | https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.R89t-ead.xml | ||
| ACCESS INFORMATION | |||
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