Letter from Benjamin Rush to Charles Nisbet

Letter from Benjamin Rush to Charles Nisbet
Number of Pages: 
7
Date: 
August 30, 1784

Benjamin Rush writes a letter to Charles Nisbet discussing various religious and political parties in Pennsylvania and their relative support for the endowment of Dickinson College. Rush states that "a great body of the most respectable Presbyterians" are the "men who love [Nisbet's] character, & who will be [Nisbet's] friends & support." Transcript included. 

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Location: 
MC 2001.7, B1, F41
Origin: 
Gift of Mrs. Louise Chase Sisk
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