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Old Family Letters: Copied from the Originals for Alexander Biddle

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Old Family Letters: Copied from the Originals for Alexander Biddle

BR-2022.013

[RUSH, Benjamin] Old Family Letters: Copied from the Originals for Alexander Biddle. Old Family Letters: Copied from the Originals for Alexander Biddle. Series A. Phila.[Press of the J.B. Lippincott Company], 1892. (With:) [RUSH, Benjamin]. Old Family Letters Relating to the Yellow Fever. Series B. Phila.:[Press of the J.B. Lippincott Company], 1892. 108pp. 1st ed. Orig. cloth, t.e.g. A near fine set.

One of 50 sets printed. These both inscribed by Julia Rush on front leaves.

Very scarce, both volumes seldom seen together. the first volume is comprised of letters written to Benjamin Rush by John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. The second volume contains the letters Rush wrote to his wife Julia during the Yellow Fever epidemic in 1793.

Accession
BR-2022.013
Date
1793
Condition
1st ed. 479pp. Orig. cloth, t.e.g.(With:) [RUSH, Benjamin]. Old Family Letters Relating to the Yellow Fever. Series B. Phila.:[Press of the J.B. Lippincott Company], 1892. 108pp. 1st ed. Orig. cloth, t.e.g. A near fine set.
References
Fox 1892-4
Cite this object as“Old Family Letters: Copied from the Originals for Alexander Biddle.” The Soiferman Collection, BR-2022.013, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. EIS LIBRIS, https://eislibris.com/objects/old-family-letters-copied-from-the-originals-for-alexander-biddle (accessed [date]).