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)