RUSH, Benjamin, Signer (Pennsylvania) ]. SIDNEY, Algernon. Discourses Concerning Government...vol.I . Edinburgh: Hamilton and Balfour, 1750. 8vo, 216 x 125mm., vol.1 (only, of 2), contemporary calf, rubbed, spine split, rear cover detached, enclosed in dark blue suede clamshell protective box. SIGNED BY THREE GENERATIONS OF THE RUSH FAMILY.igned in ink on front pastedown by Benjamin Rush (1745-1813): "Benj n: Rush's"; SIGNED AT TOP OF PAGE [iii] by RICHARD RUSH (1780-1859); signed by a namesake, "Benjamin Rush 1860," and with a note beneath the Signer's signature: "My grandfather, B.R. 1860," and "Benjamin Rush 1860." Benjamin Rush, an eminent Philadelphia physician, was a delegate to the Continental Congress, voted for Independence, served as Surgeon General to the Continental Army and in later years was Treasurer of the U.S. Mint. His son, Richard Rush was Comptroller of the Treasury (1811) Attorney General of the U.S., and Secretary of State under Monroe. He negotiated the Rush-Bagot Treaty, served as Minister to Great Britain and played a key role in the drafting of the Monroe Doctrine (1823). Only one other book from this Signer's no doubt extensive library has come to auction since 1975: a Bible inscribed to his daughter with a letter of presentation (1996, $8,000).
RUSH, Benjamin, Signer (Pennsylvania) ]. SIDNEY, Algernon. Discourses Concerning Government...vol.I . Edinburgh: Hamilton and Balfour, 1750. 8vo, 216 x 125mm., vol.1 (only, of 2), contemporary calf, rubbed, spine split, rear cover detached, enclosed in dark blue suede clamshell protective box. SIGNED BY THREE GENERATIONS OF THE RUSH FAMILY.igned in ink on front pastedown by Benjamin Rush (1745-1813): "Benj n: Rush's"; SIGNED AT TOP OF PAGE [iii] by RICHARD RUSH (1780-1859); signed by a namesake, "Benjamin Rush 1860," and with a note beneath the Signer's signature: "My grandfather, B.R. 1860," and "Benjamin Rush 1860." Benjamin Rush, an eminent Philadelphia physician, was a delegate to the Continental Congress, voted for Independence, served as Surgeon General to the Continental Army and in later years was Treasurer of the U.S. Mint. His son, Richard Rush was Comptroller of the Treasury (1811) Attorney General of the U.S., and Secretary of State under Monroe. He negotiated the Rush-Bagot Treaty, served as Minister to Great Britain and played a key role in the drafting of the Monroe Doctrine (1823). Only one other book from this Signer's no doubt extensive library has come to auction since 1975: a Bible inscribed to his daughter with a letter of presentation (1996, $8,000).
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