Mary Keene Boswell Riggs to Rebecca Gratz, July 11, 1844

Mary Riggs, Ben Gratz's warden, tells Rebecca of her life in Lexington and comments on her latest readings. She also shares news about the family of Rebecca's brother Ben.

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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:1844-07-11
Language:English
Description:Letter. 1 sheet.
Subject
(Personal Name):		Riggs, Mary Keene Boswell, 1829-?
Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
?Cohen, Matilda Samuel, 1820-1888
Gratz, Maria Gist, 1797-1841
Gratz, Benjamin, 1792-1884
%Sally
Thrashley, Mary R. Berryman Boswell, 1816-1886
%Mr. Brown
Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893
Gratz, Anna Maria Boswell Shelby, 1808-1882
%Miss ?Cotton
Nathan, Rebecca Gratz Moses, 1810-1891
Preston, Mary Howard Wickliffe, 1817-1892
%Miss Cotton's husband
Marshall, Thomas Francis, 1801-1864
Gratz, Henry Howard, 1824-1913
Strother, Theodosia L. Hunt, 1800?-1882
Gratz, Michael Bernard, 1822-1889
Gratz, Hyman Cecil, 1826-1866
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
Davidson, Margaret Miller, 1787-1844
Davidson, Lucretia Maria, 1808-1825
Davidson, Margaret Miller, 1823-1838
Durbin, John Price, 1800-1876
Lee, Samuel Phillips, 1812-1897
Lee, Elizabeth Blair, 1818-1906
Blair, James Lawrence, 1819-1853
Gratz, Jacob, 1790-1856
Crosby, Miriam Gratz, 1844-1878
Mordecai, Sara Anne Hays, 1805-1894
Marx, Elizabeth Rosa Hays, 1803-1855
Hays, Sarah (Sally) Ann Minis, 1811-1884
Subject
(Geographic):		Philadelphia, PA
Kentucky
Saratoga Springs, NY
Louisiana
Newport, RI
Subject
(Topical):		Portraiture
Literature
Poems
Marriage
Events
Life event
Wedding
Humanitarian activities
Music
Holiday
Public holiday
Fourth of July
Military and warfare
Politics
Elections
Mental health
Dr. Durbin's Observations of Europe
Courtship
Weather
Children
Institution
Orphan Asylum (Philadelphia, PA)
Organizaiton
Hebrew Sunday School Society of Philadelphia
Provenance:American Philosophical Society
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:		Mary Keene Boswell Riggs. ALS to Rebecca Gratz, Lexington, KY, July 11, 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, July 11, 1844. RGC0094, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Philosophical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0094.
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