Mary Keene Boswell Riggs to Rebecca Gratz, June 04, 1844

Mary Boswell, Ben Gratz's warden, tells Rebecca of her life in Kentucky and relates news of family and friends. She also expresses her wish to see Rebecca again.

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Title:Mary Keene Boswell Riggs to Rebecca Gratz
Author:Mary Keene Boswell Riggs
Recipient:Rebecca Gratz
Origin:Lexington, KY
Destination:Philadelphia, PA
Date:1844-06-04
Language:English
Description:Letter. 1 sheet.
Subject
(Personal Name):		Riggs, Mary Keene Boswell, 1829-?
Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Gratz, Michael Bernard, 1822-1889
Joseph, Sara Gratz Moses, 1817-1891?
Thrashley, Mary R. Berryman Boswell, 1816-1886
Bartlett, Elisha (1804-1855)
Hays, Isaac, 1796-1879
Marshall, Agatha Smith, 1780-1844
Marshall, Thomas Francis, 1801-1864
Alexander, Myra Madison, 1803-1886
Logan, Agatha Madison Marshall, 1818-1858
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
Clay, Lucretia Hart, 1781-1864
Gratz, Benjamin, 1792-1884
Gratz, Hyman Cecil, 1826-1866
Crosby, Miriam Gratz, 1844-1878
Blair, James Lawrence, 1819-1853
Gratz, Joseph, 1785-1858
?Cohen, Matilda Samuel, 1820-1888
Hays, Richea Gratz, 1774-1858
Marx, Elizabeth Rosa Hays, 1803-1855
Subject
(Geographic):		Baltimore, MD
Kentucky
Philadelphia, PA
Saratoga Springs, NY
Subject
(Topical):		Travel
Health
Maternal health

Death
School and university
Transylvania University (Lexington, KY)
University of Maryland (Baltimore, MD)
Courtship
Domestic life
Marriage
Events
Life event
Wedding
Social event
Romance
Provenance:American Philosophical Society
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:		Mary Keene Boswell Riggs. ALS to Rebecca Gratz, Lexington, KY, June 04, 1844. From the original at American Philosophical Society Library, 105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 USA.
Citation
for Transcript:		Mary Keene Boswell Riggs to Rebecca Gratz, June 04, 1844. RGC0093, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Philosophical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0093.
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