@booklet {7207, title = {"A plan of a Peace Office for the United States"}, howpublished = {Banneker{\textquoteright}s Almanack, and Ephemeris for the Year of Our Lord 1793}, year = {1793}, note = {

Rpt. exp. in his Essays Literary, Moral and Philosophical (Philadelphia, PA: Thomas and Samuel F. Bradford, 1798), 183-88; 2nd ed. with additions (Philadelphia, PA: Thomas and Samuel F. Bradford, 1806), 183-88; rpt. ed. Michael Meranze (Schenectady, NY: Union College Press, 1988), 106-09; in The Selected Writings of Benjamin Rush. Ed. Dagobert D. Runes (New York: Philosophical Library, 1947), 19-23; in Voices of Dissent: An Anthology of Individualist Thought in the United States. Ed. Arthur A. Ekirch, Jr. (New York: Citadel Press, 1964), 17-21; and rpt. illus. by Leonard Baskin and a with note by Sidney Kaplan. The Massachusetts Review 25.2 (Summer 1984): 269-83.\ 

}, month = {1793}, pages = {[4, 6, 8]}, publisher = {Joseph Crukshank}, address = {Philadelphia, PA}, abstract = {

Essay giving a detailed proposal for a Department of Peace presented in seven proposals: Appointing of a \“genuine republican and sincere Christian\” to head the office. Establishing free schools \“in every city, village and township of the United States. Providing every family with a copy of \“a copy of an American edition of the BIBLE.\” \ Inscribing every \“State and Court house\” with the words \“the son of man came into the world, not to destroy men\’s lives, but to save them.\” Rejecting capital punishment. Repealing militia laws. Eliminating military uniforms, parades, and titles. Has been read as a satire, and while the above proposals appear perfectly serious, the last proposal, which is to adorn the office of the Peace-Office with pictures of those currently at war in peaceful interaction, and a daily singing of a peace song. The War Office would, in contrast, be adorned with reminders of the horrors of war. A United States Peace Institute was established by Congress in 1984; see http://www.usip.org.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {[Benjamin] [Rush] (1745-1813)} } @booklet {10802, title = {{\textquotedblleft}The Benefits of Charity: A Dream{\textquotedblright}}, howpublished = {Columbian Magazine}, volume = {1.12}, year = {1787}, month = {August 1787}, pages = {578-81}, abstract = {

Dream in which the protagonist visits heaven and sees how Philadelphia has been protected from punishment for its evil ways by first, the existence of the Pennsylvania Hospital, second, by the existence of a Dispensary, third, by the existence of the Society for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery, and the Relief of Free Negroes, Unlawfully Held in Bondage, and fourth, by the existence of A Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons. When it is threatened a fifth time, it will be saved only if it establishes \“FREE SCHOOLS in which human learning shall be accompanied, and corrected [581] with religious instruction. . .\” (580-81). See also his\ Constitution and Laws of the Philadelphia Society for the Establishment and Support of Charity Schools. Incorporated September 8, 1801. With a Historical Sketch of the Institution and the Life of Christopher Ludwick. Philadelphia: Ptd. by the Order of The Society, 1860.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {[Benjamin] [Rush] (1745-1813)} } @booklet {7193, title = {"The Paradise of Negro-Slaves.--a dream"}, howpublished = {The Columbia Magazine: or Monthly Miscellany}, volume = {1.5}, year = {1787}, note = {

Rpt. in his Essays Literary, Moral and Philosophical.\ 2nd ed. with additions (Philadelphia, PA: Thomas and Samuel F. Bradford, 1806), 305-09;\ rpt. ed. Michael Meranze (Schenectady, NY: Union College Press, 1988), 187-90.

}, month = {January 1787}, pages = {235-38}, abstract = {

Those who had been slaves are in their own heaven, where, knowing they are saved, wait for the final judgement. Visited by the author in a dream, they are frightened by seeing a white man but learning that he supports abolition, they welcome him, and a few tell him their stories. Each tells of the horrors of slavery and how they were mistreated and killed, but they hope that those who mistreated them will repent and be saved rather than face damnation for their actions in life. The dream ends with the arrival and welcome of another white man, Anthony Benezet (1713-84), the founder of world\&$\#$39;s first anti-slavery societies, the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage, which, after his death, was reconstituted by Benjamin Franklin and Rush as the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery; the first public school for girls in North America; and the Negro School at Philadelphia.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {[Benjamin] [Rush] (1745-1813)} } @booklet {7190, title = {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}, howpublished = {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 }, year = {1786}, note = {

Rpt. in the Pennsylvania Gazette (Philadelphia, PA), no. 2919 (May 10, 1786): 1-2; and as \“A Plan for Establishing Public Schools in Pennsylvania, and for conducting education agreeably to a Republican form of Government. Addressed to the Legislature and citizens of Pennsylvania, in the Year 1786.\” In his Essays Literary, Moral and Philosophical (Philadelphia, PA: Thomas and Samuel F. Bradford, 1798), 1-6; 2nd ed. with additions (Philadelphia, PA: Thomas and Samuel F. Bradford, 1806), 1-6; rpt. ed. Michael Meranze (Schenectady, NY: Union College Press, 1988), 1-4. Also rpt. as \“Education Agreeable to a Republican Form of Government.\” In The Selected Writings of Benjamin Rush. Ed. Dagobert D. Runes (New York: Philosophical Library, 1947), 97-100.\ 

}, month = {1786}, pages = {3-12}, publisher = {Ptd. for Thomas Dobson}, address = {Philadelphia, PA}, abstract = {

A detailed proposal for a eutopian public school system, saying that it supports religion, liberty, \“just ideas of law and government,\” manners, agriculture, and manufacturing (1). It then proposes one university in each state, located in its capital. For Pennsylvania he proposes four colleges in Philadelphia, Carlisle, Lancaster, \“for the benefit of our German fellow citizens,\” and one, in the future, in Pittsburg (2). Also, there should be a free school in every township where children learn to \“read and write the English and German languages, and the use of figures\” (2). Rush wrote numerous essays on aspects of education, including \“Thoughts upon the Mode of Education proper in a Republic.\” In his 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. Philadelphia, PA: Ptd. for Thomas Dobson, 1786), 13-36; \“Thoughts upon Female Education, Accommodated to the Present State of Society, Manners, and Government, in the United States of America. Addressed to the Visitors of the Young Ladies Academy in Philadelphia, 28th July, 1787, at the Close of the Quarterly Examination, and Afterwards Published at the Request of the Visitors\” his Essays Literary, Moral and Philosophical. (Philadelphia, PA: Thomas and Samuel F. Bradford, 1798), 75-92. 2nd ed. with additions (Philadelphia, PA: Thomas and Samuel F. Bradford, 1806), 75-92. Rpt. ed. Michael Meranze (Schenectady, NY: Union College Press, 1988), 44-54;\ \“An Enquiry into the Utility of a Knowledge of the Latin and Greek Languages, as a branch of liberal education, with hints of a plan of liberal instruction, without them, accommodated to the present state of society, manners, and government in the United States.\” By a Citizen of Philadelphia [pseud.]. American Museum, or Universal Magazine 5 (June 1789): 525-35; \“Plan for a Federal University.\” By Citizen of Pennsylvania [pseud.]. Federal Gazette and Philadelphia Evening Post, no. 25 (October 29, 1788): 2-3; and \“Letter to Richard Price May 15, 1786.\” Letters of Benjamin Rush. Volume I: 1761-1792. Ed. L. H. Butterfield ([Philadelphia, PA]: The American Philosophical Society by Princeton University Press, 1951), 388-90.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {[Benjamin] [Rush] (1745-1813)} }