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Document 17106

RICHARD RUSH
During the War of 1812, he responds to a letter sent to the Secretary of War.
Manuscript LS: "Richard Rush" as Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury, 1p, 7¾x10. Treasury Department, Comptroller's Office, 1812 September 17. To Callendar Irvine, Esq. In full: "In consequence of a letter received yesterday from you by the Secretary of War, I have this day written to the Cashier of the bank of Pennsylvania on the subject of the money standing to the credit of the late Benjamin Mifflin. You will receive enclosed a copy of my letter to the Cashier." The War of 1812 had begun three months earlier. The day Rush wrote this letter, future 9th U.S. President William H. Harrison was commissioned Brigadier General and given command of the American northwest army with orders to retake Detroit, which had been surrendered to the British on August 16th. WILLIAM EUSTIS was Secretary of War at the time. CALLENDER IRVINE was son of Revolutionary War General William Irvine. Callender was a soldier who, upon his father's death, succeeded him as Superintendent of military stores. In 1812, he became Commissary of Purchases for the U.S. Army. BENJAMIN MIFFLIN was the brother of General and statesman Thomas Mifflin (see Lot 112). RICHARD RUSH, son of Signer of the Declaration of Independence Dr. Benjamin Rush, served as Attorney General under Madison and Monroe (1814-1817). He was Monroe's Secretary of State ad interim from March 10, 1817 until September 21, 1817, when newly appointed Secretary of State John Q. Adams returned from England to assume the position. As Secretary of State ad interim, Rush negotiated the Rush-Bagot Treaty with Great Britain. Both nations agreed to limit the number of their naval vessels on the Great Lakes and on other internal waterways leading to the lakes. When Adams returned to Washington, Rush went to London to replace Adams' position as U.S. Minister, serving there throughout Monroe's two terms. When Adams became President in 1825, Rush was appointed Secretary of the Treasury, serving until 1828. Silked on verso at edges of horizontal folds to strengthen separations there. Overall, fine condition.

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