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Richard Rush Autograph Letter Signed 1839

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Richard Rush Autograph Letter Signed 1839
<B>Richard Rush Autograph Letter Signed,</B></I> 9 x 7, two pages, October 4, 1839. The letter is an invitation to Charles Wallace Brooke to dine with Rush and a few friends. Brooke noted that in attendance at dinner was the novelist Mr. James Fenimore Cooper. Brooke declared it to be a <I>charming evening Q. A slight tear from the seal, else very fine.<BR><BR>Richard Rush (1780-1859) was the second son of Benjamin Rush, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He entered the College of New Jersey (now known as Princeton University) at the age of 14, and graduated in 1797 as the youngest member of his class. He was admitted to the bar. During his life he was a statesman, diplomat, widely-praised orator and key figure in two Administrations (James Madison and John Quincy Adams), and carved a distinguished career in public affairs in his own right. Quickly gaining statewide then national attention as a public speaker and successful trial lawyer, Rush was appointed Attorney General in Pennsylvania in 1811, after refusing to be a candidate for Congress. In 1828, he was a candidate for Vice President on the re-election ticket with John Quincy Adams, but was defeated. In 1836, President Andrew Jackson sent him to England as Commissioner to secure for the United States the legacy left the government by James Smithson, afterward used to establish the Smithsonian Institution. <B></B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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