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He also founded the Philadelphia Bible Society and was an abolitionist who founded the Society for the Abolition of Slavery.  

He also founded the Philadelphia Bible Society and was an abolitionist who founded the Society for the Abolition of Slavery.  

Raised in northeast Philadelphia, Rush's father was a farmer and gunsmith who died when Benjamin was only six years old.  His mother supported her family by running a Philadelphia grocery.  For five years Benjamin attended the West Nottingham Academy in Rising Sun, Maryland, and at age 13 was admitted as a junior. He graduated at age 14 as its youngest graduate ever, having already mastered its 5-year curriculum that required fluency in [[Greek]] and [[Latin]].  

Raised in northeast Philadelphia, Rush's father was a farmer and gunsmith who died when Benjamin was only six years old.  His mother supported her family by running a Philadelphia grocery.  For five years Benjamin attended the West Nottingham Academy in Rising Sun, Maryland, and at age 13 was admitted as a junior. He graduated at age 14 as its youngest graduate ever, having already mastered its 5-year curriculum that required fluency in [[Greek language|Greek]] and [[Latin]].  

Rush felt that the United States was the work of God:<ref>To Elias Boudinot on July 9, 1788. Letters of Benjamin Rush, L. H. Butterfield, ed., (Princeton, NJ: American Philosophical; Society, 1951), Vol. I, p. 475.</ref>

Rush felt that the United States was the work of God:<ref>To Elias Boudinot on July 9, 1788. Letters of Benjamin Rush, L. H. Butterfield, ed., (Princeton, NJ: American Philosophical; Society, 1951), Vol. I, p. 475.</ref>