Jacob Rush (1746/47–1820) was an American jurist.
Life
Jacob Rush, brother of
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush (April 19, 1813) was an American revolutionary, a Founding Father of the United States and signatory to the U.S. Declaration of Independence, and a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social refor ...
, was born near Philadelphia,
perhaps in
Byberry Township,
[White, ed. 1894, p. 150.] Pennsylvania, about December, 1746, or January, 1747.
He was graduated at
Princeton in 1765, settled in the practice of law in Philadelphia, was a judge of the
High Court of Errors and Appeals of Pennsylvania in 1784–1806, president of the
Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia in 1806–20, and at an earlier date was a justice of the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is the highest court in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Judiciary of Pennsylvania, Unified Judicial System. It began in 1684 as the Provincial Court, and casual references to it as ...
.
[Wilson; Fiske 1900, p. 350.]
In the controversy between
Joseph Reed and
John Dickinson
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as to the character of
Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold (#Brandt, Brandt (1994), p. 4June 14, 1801) was an American-born British military officer who served during the American Revolutionary War. He fought with distinction for the American Continental Army and rose to the rank of ...
, Judge Rush espoused the latter's cause,
defending Arnold against the charges of Reed in 1779.
Princeton gave him the degree
LL.D. in 1804. He died in Philadelphia on January 5, 1820.
Works
His publications include:
# ''Resolve in Committee Chamber 6 Dec., 1774'' (Philadelphia, 1774);
#
Charges on Moral and Religious Subjects' (1803);
# ''Character of Christ'' (1806);
# ''Christian Baptism'' (1819).
His daughter,
Rebecca
Rebecca () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical tradition, Rebecca's father was Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, also called Aram-Naharaim. Rebecca's brother was Laban (Bi ...
, published ''
Kelroy'', a novel (Philadelphia, 1812).
References
Sources
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External links
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Ockerbloom, John Mark, ed
"Rush, Jacob, 1747-1820" ''
The Online Books Page
The Online Books Page is an index of e-text books available on the Internet. It is edited by John Mark Ockerbloom and is hosted by the library of the University of Pennsylvania. The Online Books Page lists over 2 million books and has several fe ...
''. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
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1740s births
1820 deaths
Justices of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
19th-century American non-fiction writers
Year of birth uncertain