An eulogium, intended to perpetuate the memory of David Rittenhouse, late president of the American Philosophical Society, delivered before the Society in the First Presbyterian Church, in High-Street, Philadelphia, on the 17th Dec. 1796 ... / [Benjamin Rush].
- Benjamin Rush
- Date:
- [1796]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An eulogium, intended to perpetuate the memory of David Rittenhouse, late president of the American Philosophical Society, delivered before the Society in the First Presbyterian Church, in High-Street, Philadelphia, on the 17th Dec. 1796 ... / [Benjamin Rush]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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