Frances Gratz Etting to Rebecca Gratz, Sarah Gratz, and Rachel Gratz Moses, February 11, 1803
Frances writes to her sisters about her desire to see them, is desirous of news about family, and discusses the cooking of the enslaved person in her home.
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| Title: | Frances Gratz Etting to Rebecca Gratz, Sarah Gratz, and Rachel Gratz Moses |
| Author: | Frances Gratz Etting |
| Recipient: | Rebecca Gratz, Sarah Gratz, and Rachel Gratz Moses |
| Origin: | Unknown |
| Destination: | Philadelphia, PA |
| Date: | 1803-02-11 |
| Language: | English |
| Description: | Letter. 1 sheet. |
| Subject (Personal Name): | Gratz, Sarah (Sally), 1779-1817 Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869 Etting, Rachel Gratz, 1764-1831 %Mr. Spear Etting, Sally, 1776-1863 %Mr. Hanes Hays, Richea Gratz, 1774-1858 Etting, Elijah Gratz, 1795-1849 Etting, Isabella, 1801-1855 Phillips, Naphtali, 1773-1870 %Betty Etting, Shinah Solomon, 1744-1822 %Mary? |
| Subject (Geographic): | Baltimore, MD |
| Subject (Topical): | Fashion Food Enslaved labor Clothing and dress Enslaved persons |
| Provenance: | American Philosophical Society |
| Publisher: | Gratz College |
| Citation for Scan: | Frances Gratz Etting. ALS to Rebecca Gratz, Sarah Gratz, and Rachel Gratz Moses, Unknown, February 11, 1803. From the original at American Philosophical Society Library, 105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 USA. |
| Citation for Transcript: | Frances Gratz Etting to Rebecca Gratz, Sarah Gratz, and Rachel Gratz Moses, February 11, 1803. RGC0078, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Philosophical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0078. |
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