Rebecca Gratz to Sarah (Sally) Gratz, September 28, [1800]

Rebecca writes to her sister Sarah (Sally) about the travel plans and health of family and friends, and reflects on the themes of a ballad.

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Title:Rebecca Gratz to Sarah (Sally) Gratz
Author:Rebecca Gratz
Recipient:Sarah (Sally) Gratz
Origin:Philadelphia, PA
Destination:Baltimore, MD
Date:[1800]-09-28
Language:English
Description:Letter. 1 sheet.
Subject
(Personal Name):
Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Gratz, Sarah (Sally), 1779-1817
Etting, Frances Gratz, 1771-1852
Etting, Shinah Solomon, 1744-1822
Solomon, Myer, 1740-1800
Solomon, Hyah Catherine Bush, 1761-1825
%Mr. Caldwell, Baltimore
?Etting, Sally, 1776-1863
Fenno, John Ward, 1778-1802
Hoffman, Maria Fenno, 1781-1823
?Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852
%Mr. Rutter, ?-1800, Baltimore
%Mrs. Rutter
Hays, Richea Gratz, 1774-1858
Gratz, Benjamin, 1792-1884
Gratz, Jacob, 1790-1856
Gratz, Barnard, 1738-1801
Hamilton Family (neighbors)
%the Miss Jones
Bache, Sophia Burrell Dallas, 1784-1860
Pepper, Mary Catherine Seckel, 1780-1861
%Leiper, Patty
Ewing, Margaret (Peggy), 1779-1809
%Davidson, Mary
Gratz, Joseph, 1785-1858
Subject
(Geographic):
New York, NY
Baltimore, MD
Bloomfield, NJ
Trenton, NJ
Lancaster, PA
York, PA
Subject
(Topical):
Health
Death
Weather
Literature
Travel
Children
Housing
Social scene
Holiday
Religous holiday
Yom Kippur
Provenance:The Rosenbach Museum & Library
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:
Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Sarah Gratz, Philadelphia, PA, September 28, 1800. From the original at The Rosenbach Museum & Library, 2008 Delancey Place, Philadelphia, PA 19103 USA. Please cite as Gratz 01:10.
Citation
for Transcript:
Rebecca Gratz to Sarah (Sally) Gratz, September 28, [1800]. RGC0003, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the Rosenbach. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0003.
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