The University of Chicago Library > The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center > Finding Aids > Guide to Benjamin Rush, On the Influence of Physical Causes on the Moral Faculty 1786
© 2008 University of Chicago Library
| Title: | Rush, Benjamin. On the Influence of Physical Causes on the Moral Faculty |
|---|---|
| Dates: | 1786 |
| Dates: | Crerar Ms 28 |
| Size: | 94 p. (19 cm.) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Handwritten copy of Rush's essay on morality, originally presented as a lecture to the American Philosophical Society, February 27, 1786. |
Open for research. No restrictions.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Rush, Benjamin, On the Influence of Physical Causes on the Moral Faculty, Crerar Ms 28, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Holograph copy [in 19th century hand?] of Rush's essay on morality, originally presented as a lecture to the American Philosophical Society, February 27, 1786, published by the American Philosophical Society, 1786, and reprinted in London, 1786. Includes holograph copy of the original dedication: "To His Excellency Benjamin Franklin, Esq., President of the Supreme Exceutive Council of Pennsylvania, The Friend and Benefactor of Mankind, The following Oration is respectfully inscribed. By his grateful friend, And Humble servant, The Author [Benjamin Rush]." Bound in brown buckram.
Crerar Ms 28 |