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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.00525 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0016] January-April 1777 |
| Title | Benjamin Rush to Henry Knox recommending an officer |
| Date | 30 January 1777 |
| Author | Rush, Benjamin (1746-1813) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Recommends a young officer named Ebenezer Finley to Knox's artillery corps Finley is "intimately acquainted with those branches of knowledge with are connected with the Science of war." Is currently a third lieutenant in another artillery group, but has been offered command of a Maryland infantry company. But since "his genius & inclinations both mark him for the artillery," Rush is hoping top secure him a company of artillery under Knox instead. States Finley is also "a perfect little gentleman." Also mentions that his father is the late Doctor Samuel Finley, the President of the College of New Jersey, now called Princeton, where Ebenezer was a graduate. "On public service” written on address leaf. |
| Subjects | Letter of Introduction or Recommendation Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Artillery Continental Army Military History Infantry Education Continental Congress Congress |
| People | Rush, Benjamin (1746-1813) Knox, William (1756-1795) Finley, Ebenezer (1746-1784) Finley, Samuel (1715-1766) |
| Place written | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Education |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Benjamin Rush was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the physician general of the army in 1777, and the Treasurer of the United States Mint. Samuel Finley was the fifth president of Princeton, and before that had run an academy in Nottingham, Maryland, where Rush had been a student. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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