Rebecca Gratz to Benjamin Gratz, June 29, 1828

Rebecca tells her brother Ben about a recent meeting with their estranged brother Simon and updates him on news within their shared social circle.

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Title:Rebecca Gratz to Benjamin Gratz
Author:Rebecca Gratz
Recipient:Benjamin Gratz
Origin:Philadelphia, PA
Destination:Lexington, KY
Date:1828-06-29
Language:English
Description:Letter. 1 sheet.
Subject
(Personal Name):		Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Gratz, Benjamin, 1792-1884
Woods, Alva, 1794-1887
Read, Priscilla Marshall, 1808-1841
Woods, Almira Marshall, 1804-1863
Holley, Mary Austin, 1784-1846
Otis, Emily Marshall, 1807-1836
Otis, William Foster, 1801-1858
Meade, Richard Worsam, 1778-1828
Graham, Charlotte Hustler Meade, 1803-1843
Meade, Margaret Coats Butler, 1782-1852
Ingraham, Elizabeth Mary Meade, 1805-1872
Gratz, Simon, 1773-1839
Meredith, Gertrude Gouverneur Ogden, 1777-1828
Norris, Joseph Parker, Jr., 1794-1863
Thomson, Edward, 1771-1853
Etting, Benjamin, 1798-1875
Etting, Harriet Marx, 1802-1880
Etting, Henry, 1799-1876
Etting, Edward, 1803-1862
Hays, Henry, 1807-1874
Hays, Richea Gratz, 1774-1858
Etting, Ellen Hays, 1800-1855
Hays, Elizabeth Rosa, 1803-1855
Mordecai, Sara Anne Hays, 1805-1894
Hays, Samuel, 1764-1838
Moses, Horace, 1820-1893
Gratz, Maria Gist, 1797-1841
Subject
(Geographic):		Bordentown, NJ
Richmond, VA
Philadelphia, PA
Subject
(Topical):		Marriage
Health
Travel
Death
Housing
Finances
Provenance:American Jewish Historical Society
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:		Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Benjamin Gratz, Philadelphia, PA, June 29, 1828. 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 29, 1828. RGC0199, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0199.
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