Benjamin Rush

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Meaning

physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)

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Hoosier was a gifted speaker, and Benjamin Rush said that even though he was illiterate “he was the greatest orator in America.” Source: Internet

Universalists including Hosea Ballou, John Murray, and Benjamin Rush helped to spread and develop their faith's teachings throughout the denomination's early years." Source: Internet

The school was founded by Benjamin Rush and named after John Dickinson. Source: Internet

In particular, Benjamin Rush believed Americans were drinking hard spirits in excess, so he created "A Moral and Physical Thermometer," displaying the progression of behaviors caused by the consumption of various alcohols. Source: Internet

What has preserved this race of Adamses in all their ramifications in such numbers, health, peace, comfort, and mediocrity? this firstborn son of Deacon John would one day write to Benjamin Rush. Source: Internet

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