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A plan for the establishment of public schools and the diffusion of knowledge in Pennsylvania : to which are added thoughts upon the mode of education, proper in a republic : addressed to the legislature and citizens of the state

Contributor:
Dobson, Thomas, 1751-1823 (bookseller)
Name:
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Timespan:
Early works to 1800
Date:
1786
Language:
English
Provenance:
Pepper, William, 1874-1947 (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy); Pepper, William (bookplate) (Culture Class Collection copy)
Publisher:
Printed for Thomas Dobson ..
Subject:
Public schools -- Pennsylvania -- Early works to 1800; Education -- United States -- Early works to 1800; Education; Public schools
Resource Type:
Text
Form/Genre:
books
Physical Description:
36 pages; 17 cm (12mo)
Geographic Subject:
United States; Pennsylvania
Related Place:
United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Attributed to Benjamin Rush by Evans.; Signatures: A-C⁶.; Online version available via Colenda; Culture Class Collection copy has ms. inscription ("B. Rush") in pencil at head of title leaf.; Culture Class Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 1938 by William Pepper III.; Culture Class Collection copy has armorial bookplate of William Pepper on front pastedown.; Culture Class Collection copy disbound and housed with previous binding.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, AC7 R8953 786p
Collection:
Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania); American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Penn in the Age of Franklin (University of Pennsylvania)