Richard Rush letters

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unitdate

{"value"=>"1811-1856", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1811/1856"}

date_inclusive_start

1811

date_inclusive_end

1856

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1811

unittitle

{"value"=>"Richard Rush letters"}

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repository

{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Letters and drafts of letters from American statesman Richard Rush (1780-1859) relating to official, legal, and political issues, as well as social matters. Most are brief, but more extensive letters discuss the burning of Washington, slavery and abolition, and the establishment and regulation of fisheries in Newfoundland. Recipients include Albert Gallatin, Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, James Madison, and others."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Richard Rush letters, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Rush, Richard, 1780-1859", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Material was originally received as part of the Ford collection.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Letters and drafts of letters from American statesman Richard Rush (1780-1859) relating to official, legal, and political issues, as well as social matters. Most are brief, but more extensive letters discuss the burning of Washington, slavery and abolition, and the establishment and regulation of fisheries in Newfoundland. Recipients include Albert Gallatin, Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, James Madison, and others.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Gift of John Pierpont Morgan, 1899.</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Kit Messick</span>, <span class=\"date\">2014</span></p>"}

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 folder)

date_start

1811

date_end

1856

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