Rebecca Gratz to Benjamin Gratz, June 16, 1845
Rebecca tells her brother Ben that their nephew, Horace, has left home to pursue a career in iron manufacturing. She also details Horace's heroic preservation efforts during a recent fire.
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| Title: | Rebecca Gratz to Benjamin Gratz |
| Author: | Rebecca Gratz |
| Recipient: | Benjamin Gratz |
| Origin: | Philadelphia, PA |
| Destination: | Lexington, KY |
| Date: | 1845-06-16 |
| Language: | English |
| Description: | Letter. 1 sheet. |
| Subject (Personal Name): | Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869 Gratz, Benjamin, 1792-1884 Gratz, Hyman Cecil, 1826-1866 Gratz, Henry Howard, 1824-1913 Gratz, Michael Bernard, 1822-1889 Gratz, Cary Gist, 1829-1861 Shelby, Joseph Orville, 1830-1897 Moses, Horace, 1820-1893 Gratz, Anna Maria Boswell Shelby, 1808-1882 Paxton, James Dunlop, 1796-1864 West, Benjamin, 1738-1820 Gratz, Hyman, 1776-1857 Hays, Richea Gratz, 1774-1858 Etting, Frances Gratz, 1771-1852 Etting, Reuben, 1762-1848 Etting, Henry, 1799-1876 Joseph, Sara Gratz Moses, 1817-1891? Nathan, Rebecca Gratz Moses, 1810-1891 Lee, Elizabeth Blair, 1818-1906 Blair, Francis Preston, 1791-1876 Blair, Eliza Violet Gist, 1794-1877 Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883 Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872 Riggs, Mary Keene Boswell, 1829-? Bodley, Harry Innes, 1804-1883 Bodley, Sarah Gist Bledsoe, 1808-1881 Vertner, Daniel, 1768-1861 Vertner, Elizabeth Abercrombie, 1787-1871 Gratz, Joseph, 1785-1858 Gratz, Jacob, 1790-1856 Thrashley, Mary R. Berryman Boswell, 1816-1886 |
| Subject (Geographic): | Louisville, KY Washington, D.C. Lexington, KY |
| Subject (Topical): | Health Children Education Business Institution Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Fire Crime Arson Finance Death Travel Portraiture Marriage Housing |
| Provenance: | American Jewish Historical Society |
| Publisher: | Gratz College |
| Citation for Scan: | Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Benjamin Gratz, Philadelphia, PA, June 16, 1845. 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 16, 1845. RGC0212, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0212. |
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