To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 8 February 1778

From Benjamin Rush

Lancaster, 8 February 1778. RC (Adams Papers); printed: Benjamin Rush, Letters description begins Letters of Benjamin Rush, ed. L. H. Butterfield, Princeton, 1951; 2 vols. description ends , 1:199–200. Detailing some of his charges against Dr. Shippen, Rush complained that his alleged personal resentment was the congress’ excuse for not removing the director general of hospitals; therefore, “to restore harmony,” Rush felt compelled to resign.

RC (Adams Papers); printed: Benjamin Rush, Letters description begins Letters of Benjamin Rush, ed. L. H. Butterfield, Princeton, 1951; 2 vols. description ends , 1:199–200.

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Source Project: Adams Papers
Title: To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 8 February 1778
Author: Rush, Benjamin
Recipient: Adams, John
Date: 8 February 1778

Reference

Cite as: “To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 8 February 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-05-02-0249. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 5, August 1776 – March 1778, ed. Robert J. Taylor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006, p. 406.]

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