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Timeline: Dr. Benjamin
Rush- Benjamin
Rush: Writings and
Biography- Benjamin
Rush--A
biography of Benjamin Rush, a signer of
the Declaration of Independence, including
a handwriting sample. Rush,
Benjamin--Rush,
Benjamin 1760 (1746-1813) was a physician,
teacher, and man of affairs who played a
dramatic role in the early history of his
country. Benjamin
Rush and Yellow
Fever--An
on-line history of Dr. Benjamin Rush's
efforts to fight yellow fever in America
in the 1790s, by Bob Arnebeck, with
documents from the period. Benjamin
Rush--The
Dictionary of UU Biography is a resource
of online biographies of
Unitarians/Universalists. Benjamin
Rush
-- Wikipedia, article on Benjamin
Rush Africans
in America--Benjamin
Rush--Benjamin
Rush was a prominent Presbyterian doctor
and professor of chemistry in
Philadelphia, and one of the black
community's strongest white
allies. Christian
America Founding
Fathers--Benjamin
Rush (1744-1813) a signer of the
Declaration of Independence, ... Benjamin
Rush was also called the "Father of Public
Schools.
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