Benjamin Rush (lawyer)

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Benjamin Rush (January 23, 1811 – June 30, 1877) was an American lawyer and writer.

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Life

Benjamin Rush, grandson of the more famous Benjamin, and son of Richard Rush, was born in Philadelphia on January 23, 1811. He graduated from Princeton College in 1829; was admitted to the bar in 1833; became, in 1887, secretary of the United States legation in London, and for a time acted as chargé d'affaires there. He died in Paris on June 30, 1877. [1] [2]

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  1. 1 2 3 White, ed. 1893, p. 333.
  2. 1 2 3 Wilson; Fiske, eds. 1900, p. 350.

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