Mary Keene Boswell Riggs and Sara Gratz Moses Joseph to Rebecca Gratz, August 08, 1847

Sara Moses writes to her aunt Rebecca about her lingering health issues and shares her impressions of the social scene. Mary Boswell, Ben Gratz's warden, expresses her wish to Rebecca after a yearlong separation.

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Title:Mary Keene Boswell Riggs and Sara Gratz Moses Joseph to Rebecca Gratz
Author:Mary Keene Boswell Riggs and Sara Gratz Moses Joseph
Recipient:Rebecca Gratz
Origin:Cape May, NJ
Destination:Saratoga Springs, NY
Date:1847-08-08
Language:English
Description:Letter. 1 sheet.
Subject
(Personal Name):		Joseph, Sara Gratz Moses, 1817-1891?
Riggs, Mary Keene Boswell, 1829-?
Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Jackson, Samuel, 1787-1872
Nathan, Rebecca Gratz Moses, 1810-1891
%Mr. Frick
%Mrs. Shroeder/Shrader?
Gratz, Joseph, 1785-1858
%Mrs. Bryan
Moses, Isaac, 1807-1847
Moses, Mary Porter Ashe, 1812-1853
*Marvin
Florance, Jacob Levy, 1803-1867
Minis, Lavinia Florance, 1825-1923
%?Sedes Family
Subject
(Geographic):		Saratoga Springs, NY
New York, NY
Baltimore, MD
Sharon Springs, NY
Cape May, NJ
Subject
(Topical):		Weather
Health
Medical treatment
Social scene
Travel
Provenance:American Philosophical Society
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:		Mary Keene Boswell Riggs and Sara Gratz Moses Joseph. ALS to Rebecca Gratz, Cape May, NJ, August 08, 1847. From the original at American Philosophical Society Library, 105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 USA.
Citation
for Transcript:		Mary Keene Boswell Riggs and Sara Gratz Moses Joseph to Rebecca Gratz, August 08, 1847. RGC0092, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Philosophical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0092.
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