The autobiography of Benjamin Rush
Subtitle: his "Travels through life" together with his Commonplace book for 1789-1813
By: Ed. with introduction and notes by George W. Corner.
Contributors: Corner, George Washington, 1889- ed.
Series: Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society,
Publisher: Published for the American Philosophical Society by Princeton University Press
Published: 1948
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 399
Subjects: Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Other titles: Travels through life.
Notes: "Works frequently cited in the notes": p. [19-]20.
"Now first printed in full from the original manuscripts in possession of the American Philosophical Society and the Library Company of Philadelphia."
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Travels through life.; title: Ancestry and parentage; title: School and college; title: Medical apprenticeship and study abroad; title: Life as physician in Philadelphia; title: Political and military events and observations; title: Physician General in Washington's army; title: Characters of the revolutionary patriots; title: Public pursuits; title: Religious principles ; domestic events; title: Commonplace book, 1789-1791 (memorable facts, events, opinions, thoughts, &c.); title: Commonplace book, 1792-1813.; title: General entries; title: Facts on natural knowledge; title: Singular and useful facts; title: Deaths of persons of note or singular character; title: Deaths; title: Instructing conversations; title: Extracts from books; title: Thoughts on religion; title: Notes for lectures; title: A dream; title: Appendices.; title: Rush's medical theories; title: Background of the speculation of 1791-1792; title: The children of Benjamin and Julia Rush; title: The litigation over William Bradford's estate