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    Edward Rushton (1756–1814)

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    Bob Edwards
    , 10-15-2014 at 09:52 AM (Liverpool Picturebook)
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    Edward Rushton (1756–1814)



    Edward Rushton was born in Liverpool, on 13 November 1756. He was enrolled at the Liverpool Free School from the age of 6 until the age of 9. He left school and at the age of 11 he became an apprentice with Messrs. Watt and Gregson, a firm that traded in the West Indies.

    Rushton quickly became an experienced sailor. At the
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