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| Ebensburg Democrat & Sentinel, 3 Aug 1859, Contributed by Lisa Baker |
| DEATH OF THE HON. RICHARD RUSH--This distinguished statesman died at his residence in Philadelphia on last Saturday morning, in the 79th year of his age. He was a son of Dr. Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was for some time Attorney General of this State, Attorney General of the U.S., Minister to Russia, also to Great Britian, and Secretary of the Treasury under Mr. Adams. He filled several other important offices, and was one of the first statesmen of his day. |