The last time I talked to Patrick Spero he had just left his position as the Director of the Library and Museum at the American Philosophical Society (APS) and had taken a similar post at Mount Vernon. Now he’s back […]
American Philosophical Society
Benjamin Rush’s “Travels Through Life”
The American Philosophical Society has digitized eight handwritten volumes of Declaration of Independence signer Dr. Benjamin’s Rush‘s “Travels Through Life.” J.L. Bell has the story at Boston 1775. A taste: Here’s another source on the Revolution recently digitized: eight handwritten volumes of Dr. […]