Miriam Gratz Moses Cohen to Rebecca Gratz, July 21, 1844

Miriam writes to her aunt Rebecca, worrying about the wellbeing of her family after nativist and anti-Catholic riots in Philadelphia.

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Title:Miriam Gratz Moses Cohen to Rebecca Gratz
Author:Miriam Gratz Moses Cohen
Recipient:Rebecca Gratz
Origin:Savannah, GA
Destination:Philadelphia, PA
Date:1844-07-21
Language:English
Description:Letter. 1 sheet.
Subject
(Personal Name):
Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Cohen, Miriam Gratz Moses, 1808-1891
Penn, William, 1644-1718
Moses, Solomon, 1774-1857
Cohen, Henrietta Yates Levy, 1818-1915
Cohen, Octavus S., 1844-1887
Taylor, Fanny Cohen, 1840-1938
%Mary Ann Smith
?Graham, Charlotte Hustler Meade, 1803-1843
Cohen, Solomon, 1802-1875
Hart, Abraham, 1810-1885
Leeser, Isaac, 1806-1868
Aguilar, Grace, 1816-1847
%Fanny
Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893
Meredith, William, 1772-1844
Ogden, Miriam Gratz Meredith, 1808-1866
Moses, Horace, 1820-1893
Joseph, Sara Gratz Moses, 1817-1891?
Hays, Richea Gratz, 1774-1858
Marx, Elizabeth Rosa Hays, 1803-1855
Subject
(Geographic):
Philadelphia, PA
Saratoga, NY
Subject
(Topical):
?Race riots
Health
Nursing
Weather
Travel
Events
Life event
Birth
Children
Handiwork
Finances
Climate
Literature
Provenance:American Philosophical Society
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:
Miriam Gratz Moses Cohen. ALS to Rebecca Gratz, Savannah, GA, July 21, 1844. From the original at American Philosophical Society Library, 105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 USA.
Citation
for Transcript:
Miriam Gratz Moses Cohen to Rebecca Gratz, July 21, 1844. RGC0120, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Philosophical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0120.
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