Rebecca Gratz to Benjamin Gratz, June 12, 1820

Rebecca reproaches her brother Ben for his lack of correspondence and updates him on the activities and whereabouts of their family and friends.

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Title:Rebecca Gratz to Benjamin Gratz
Author:Rebecca Gratz
Recipient:Benjamin Gratz
Origin:Philadelphia, PA
Destination:Lexington, KY
Date:1820-06-12
Language:English
Description:Letter. 1 sheet.
Subject
(Personal Name):		Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Gratz, Benjamin, 1792-1884
Gratz, Maria Gist, 1797-1841
Gratz, Hyman, 1776-1857
Caldwell, Charles, 1772-1853
Caldwell, Eliza Leaming, 1780-1834
Morrison, James, 1755-1823
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786
Meredith, Gertrude Gouverneur Ogden, 1777-1828
Seixas, David G, 1788-1864
Ogden, Isabella W., 1787-1820
Hoffman, Maria Fenno, 1781-1823
Hoffman, Josiah Ogden, 1766-1837
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Nicholas, Alice Anna Hoffman, 1790-1840
Nicholas, Charles Jenkins, 1782-1835
Sergeant, Henry, 1782-1824
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Etting, Ellen Hays, 1800-1855
Hays, Isaac, 1796-1879
Moses, Rachel Gratz, 1782-1823
Joseph, Sara Gratz Moses, 1817-?
Etting, Reuben, 1762-1848
Etting, Edward, 1803-1862
Subject
(Geographic):		New Orleans, LA
Richmond, VA
Subject
(Topical):		Business
Trade
Emotion
Travel
Fire
Literature
History
Memoirs of the Life and Campaigns of the Hon. Nathaniel Greene
Marriage
School and university
Institution
Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb (Philadelphia, PA)
Social scene
Health
Finances
Provenance:American Jewish Historical Society
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:		Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Benjamin Gratz, Philadelphia, PA, June 12, 1820. From the original at the American Jewish Historical Society, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011 USA.
Citation
for Transcript:		Rebecca Gratz to Benjamin Gratz, June 12, 1820. RGC0193, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0193.
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