Julia Rush Letters, 1776-1809

Mss.B.R894

Date: 1776-1809 | Size: 0.25 Linear feet, 20 items

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Abstract

Letters written by Julia Rush, wife of Benjamin Rush, mainly to her husband, with one to Samuel Stockton and one to Mary Rush. Eight letters were written during the 1793 yellow fever epidemic. The letters are not included in Lyman Butterfield's edition of Benjamin Rush's letters, vol. 30 of APS Memoirs (1951).

Digital objects note

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Collection Information

Physical description

20 letters.

Provenance

Presented by Roy Frederick Sellers and Frederick Roy Sellers, 1985. (1985-738ms)

Early American History Note

This small collection of Julia Rush correspondence is noteworthy for being one of the largest collections of letters between Julia and her husband Benjamin, the prominent Philadelphia physician. The collection begins in 1776 and continues into the early nineteenth century. There are a series of letters from Julia to Benjamin from 1793 at the height of the Yellow Fever epidemic in Philadelphia.

Indexing Terms

Genre(s)

Correspondence.
Family Correspondence

Personal Name(s)

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Rush, Julia Stockton, 1759-1848
Rush, Mary
Stockton, Samuel

Subject(s)

Marriage and Family Life
Medicine
Philadelphia History
Social Life and Custom
Women's History
Yellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Detailed Inventory


Julia Rush Letters	1776-1809	Box 1	Request Series for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Series
Rush, Julia Stockton, 1759-1848. Letter to Samuel Stockton	1776 March 14	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Rush, Julia Stockton, 1759-1848. Letter to Benjamin Rush, 1746-1813	1783 July 19	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Rush, Julia Stockton, 1759-1848. Letter to Benjamin Rush, 1746-1813	[1793] September 24	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Rush, Julia Stockton, 1759-1848. Letter to Benjamin Rush, 1746-1813	1793 October 1	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Rush, Julia Stockton, 1759-1848. Letter to Benjamin Rush, 1746-1813	1793 October 3	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Rush, Julia Stockton, 1759-1848. Letter to Benjamin Rush, 1746-1813	1793 October 10	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Rush, Julia Stockton, 1759-1848. Letter to Benjamin Rush, 1746-1813	1793 October 14	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Rush, Julia Stockton, 1759-1848. Letter to Benjamin Rush, 1746-1813	1793 October 18	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Rush, Julia Stockton, 1759-1848. Letter to Benjamin Rush, 1746-1813	1793 [October] 24	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Rush, Julia Stockton, 1759-1848. Letter to Benjamin Rush, 1746-1813	1793 October 29	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Rush, Julia Stockton, 1759-1848. Letter to Benjamin Rush, 1746-1813	1798 August 27	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Rush, Julia Stockton, 1759-1848. Letter to Mary Rush	[1801] January 20	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Rush, Julia Stockton, 1759-1848. Letter to Benjamin Rush, 1746-1813	1804 August 11	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Rush, Julia Stockton, 1759-1848. Letter to Benjamin Rush, 1746-1813	[1804] August 17	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Rush, Julia Stockton, 1759-1848. Letter to Benjamin Rush, 1746-1813	1804 August 24	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Rush, Julia Stockton, 1759-1848. Letter to Benjamin Rush, 1746-1813	1804 August 25	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Rush, Julia Stockton, 1759-1848. Letter to Benjamin Rush, 1746-1813	1807 July 27	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Rush, Julia Stockton, 1759-1848. Letter to Benjamin Rush, 1746-1813	[1809] June 26	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Rush, Julia Stockton, 1759-1848. Letter to Benjamin Rush, 1746-1813	1809 August 4	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Rush, Julia Stockton, 1759-1848. Letter to Benjamin Rush, 1746-1813	1809 August 18	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Cover for Letters	Undated	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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