BAYNARD RUSH HALL: HIS STORY

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Biography of Baynard Hall, l798-l863; first ever written. Almost seven years in research and publication. Hardback, 350+ pages, illustrated. Hall was the first instructor of Indiana University (l820's), an educator, author, Presbyterian minister, lecturer, musician and humorist. Book covers ancestry, career, family, travels. His mother's family were slave-owning residents of Edisto Island, S.C.; his father, a Philadelphia doctor. Baynard Hall was a cousin and orphaned charge of Dr. Benjamin Rush, Founding Father.

subjects: Indiana University,  Teaching

People: Dr. Benjamin Rush,  Governor Joseph Wright,  George Bush

Places: Savannah,  Philadelphia,  Newburgh,  Brooklyn,  Edisto Island,  Indianapolis

Times: l780s to l9l4