Rebecca Gratz to Benjamin Gratz, November 29, 1859

Rebecca sends her brother Ben an addition for his library and updates him on the health, travels, and deaths of friends and acquaintances.

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Title:Rebecca Gratz to Benjamin Gratz
Author:Rebecca Gratz
Recipient:Benjamin Gratz
Origin:Philadelphia, PA
Destination:[Lexington, KY]
Date:1859-11-29
Language:English
Description:Letter. 1 sheet. No envelope.
Subject
(Personal Name):		Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Gratz, Benjamin, 1792-1884
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
Etting, Henry, 1799-1876
Etting, Miriam, 1807-1878
%Mrs. Griffith
Lee, Elizabeth Blair, 1818-1906
Lee, Francis Preston Blair, 1857-1944
Lee, Samuel Phillips, 1812-1897
Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883
Blair, Eliza Violet Gist, 1794-1877
Riggs, Mary Keene Boswell, 1829-?
Riggs, Elisha, Jr. 1826-1881
Bullitt, John C. (John Christian), 1824-1902
Bullitt, Pauline, 1854-1866
Marx, Charles, 1806-1859
Barton, Caroline Marx, 1800-1883
Marx, Samuel, 1796-1860
?McCall,Catherine, 1782-1859
?McCall, Margaret, 1774-1860
Rush, Samuel, 1795-1859
Biddle, Julia Williams Rush, 1832-1898
Williams Family
Joseph, Jacob Henry, 1810-1907
Gratz, Minerva Campbell Anderson, 1825-1885
Gratz, Laura J. Hamilton, ?-?
Subject
(Geographic):		Silver Spring, MD
Washington, DC
Canada
Subject
(Topical):		Literature
Travel
Health
Housing
Children
Education
Death
Fire
Weather
Provenance:American Jewish Historical Society
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:		Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Benjamin Gratz, Philadelphia, PA, November 29, 1859. 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, November 29, 1859. RGC0233, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0233.
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