Americans have celebrated Independence Day (Fourth of July) since, in 1776, colonists voted for independence from Britain. On July 4, 1776, that the Continental Congress formally adopted the ...

The making of a physician -- The making of a patriot -- Broken by a cannon ball -- The Revolution is not over -- My friends in jails -- Murder by war -- Hundred days of doom -- "You cannot die now, ...

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN RUSH (399 pp.)—Edifed by George W. Corner—Princeton ($6). In the summer of 1800, when Dr. Benjamin Rush began his autobiography, he was 54, America’s foremost physician, ...

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Harlow Giles Unger has added another major contribution to his collection of profiles of America’s Founding Fathers. His latest endeavor puts the reader at the side of Dr. Benjamin Rush from the ...

American Alt: Madness, Friendship, and the Search for Home in the Land of Unreality ...