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Declaration of Independence: Benjamin Rush

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Declaration of Independence: Benjamin Rush

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Auction Date:2011 Nov 09 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Signer of the Declaration of Independence; a physician and surgeon general of the Continental Army, he established the first free dispensary in the US. ADS, signed “Benj. Rush,” one page, 6.25 x 4, 1796-7. Bill and receipt payment reads, in full: “1796 Miss Betsy Cadwallider Dr to Benjn Rush; Novr 1797 January February medicines, and attendance to herself. £11:5:0 June 7th 1797 Recd in full /Benjn Rush.” In very good condition, with two vertical folds, scattered toning and soiling, and tape repairs on reverse to two small separations at top of folds. in his 1995 reference History Comes to Life, Kenneth Rendell places Rush’s autograph material into the “rare” category among the Signers.