Title: Baynard Rush Hall
Subtitle: His Story
Description: Biography of Baynard Hall, l798-l863; first ever written.  Almost seven years in research and publication.  Hardback, 350+ pages, illustrated.  Hall was the first instructor of Indiana University (l820's), an educator, author, Presbyterian minister, lecturer, musician and humorist.  Book covers ancestry, career, family, travels.  His mother's family were slave-owning residents of Edisto Island, S.C.; his father, a Philadelphia doctor.  Baynard Hall was a cousin and orphaned charge of Dr. Benjamin Rush, Founding Father.
Subjects: Indiana University, Teaching
Places: Savannah, Philadelphia, Newburgh, Brooklyn, Edisto Island, Indianapolis
People: Dr. Benjamin Rush, Governor Joseph Wright, George Bush
Time periods: l780s to l9l4