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Guide to the John W. Rush Papers, RG 2
Listed by: Dixie Dysart
Date: March 19, 1996
Collection Size: 0.5 cubic feet
Date Span: 1852-1903
Scope / Content: Correspondence and other writings of John W. Rush,
Octavia O. Rush, and family members and friends. Photocopies of letters
from W. T. Patillo, East Alabama Male College alumnus. Thirty-five items
organized into 5 series: I. Antebellum Letters and Writings; II. Civil
War Letters; III. Postbellum Letters; IV. Partially Dated And Undated Letters;
V. Miscellaneous Items.
Biographical Sketch: Rush was a Methodist minister and son-in-law
of Bishop James Osgood Andrew. He raised a company of troops for the Confederacy,
surrendered at Island Number 10, was imprisoned at Johnson's Island, Ohio,
and was discharged from service upon his parole in 1862.He served as a
preacher in south Alabama until his retirement.
SERIES 1: ANTEBELLUM LETTERS AND WRITINGS
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Essay on the nature of women by John W. Rush, Emory University, November
11, 1852
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Letter from John W. Rush, Hardaway, AL, to Mrs. Octavia O. Rush, Tuskegee,
AL, dated January 16, 1853
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Letter from the sister of the addressee, Airy Mt., October 7, 1855, to
"My dear Ock"
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Letter from "[F.A.]" to "Ock," January 27, 1856
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Letter from J.W. Rush, Memphis to Mrs. Octavia O. Rush, Tuskegee, AL, dated
February 5, 1861
SERIES 2: CIVIL WAR LETTERS
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Letter from J.W. Rush to "Occy" dated May 1861
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Letter to "Occie" from T.M. Meriwether, dated May 18, 1861
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Letter to "My dear wife," from J.W. Rush at "Camp, 3 miles of Memphis"
dated September 13, 1861 (includes a letter to Miles, Lizzie, and Mary
Rush signed Papa)
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Letter from J.W. Rush, at Camp, to "My dear wife" dated September 16, 1861
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Letter from J.W. Rush, Memphis, to "My dear wife" dated October 16, 1861
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Unsigned letter from "Camp" to "My dear precious wife" dated October 1861
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Letter from J.W.Rush, Johnson's Ireland, to "My precious wife" dated June
21, 1862
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Letter from James O. Andrews to "My dear Wesley" dated October 22, 1863
SERIES 3: POSTBELLUM LETTERS
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Letter from J.W. Rush, Dayton, AL, to "My dear father" (Rev. Bishop Andrews,
Summerfield), dated September 8, 1866
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Letter from J.W. Fields (?), Ridge Cottage, Smith Co., TX, to Bishop Andrew,
dated May 19, 1869
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Letter from J.W. Rush, Montgomery, to "My dear wife" dated July 14, 1870
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Letter from J.W. Rush, Riverside, to Occie dated July 17, 1870
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Letter from J.W. Rush, Selma, to "My dear wife," dated March 11, 1871
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Letter from J.W. Rush, Selma, to "Wesley" dated February 4, 1888
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Letter from J.O. Andrews, San Antonio, TX, to "Dear Sis," dated September
8, 1890
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Letter from J.W. Rush, Montgomery, to "My dear wife," dated February 5,
1891
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Letter from Wes Rush, Montgomery, AL, to Mrs. J.O. Branch (Miss Callie),
Dixie, GA, dated November 20, 1894
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Letter from J.W. Rush, Auburn, AL, to "My dear wife," dated May 12, 1895
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Letter from J.W. Rush, Dothan, AL, to "My precious wife," dated May 21,
1903
SERIES 4: PARTIALLY DATED AND UNDATED LETTERS
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Letter from J.W. Rush to "My dearest one," dated July 18, 18??
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Undated letter from Hemire to "My dear brother"
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Undated letter from J.W. Rush to "My dear Parents"
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Undated letter from Hemire to "My dear sister" (Octavia O. Rush)
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Undated fragment of letter from J.O. Andrew
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Undated fragment of letter to "Occy" (Octavia O. Rush)
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Undated fragment of an essay concerning the practice of Christianity
SERIES 5: MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
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Poem: "Lament of the Widowed Inebriate"
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Address delivered by Mrs. Lou M. Rice on the presentation of a casket of
spoons to Mrs. J.W. Rush on her leaving Prattville, by the Methodist ladies
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Miscellaneous items: a section of a pocket-sized Bible, reproduction of
a Civil War era city pass for Selma, AL, a small print, photograph of Inge
Bondurant Sanitarium
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Photocopies of letters from W.T. Patillo
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