Rebecca Gratz to Benjamin Gratz, September 15, [1845]

Rebecca updates her brother Ben on news in the extended family, discusses issues regarding schools and schooling, and recounts Fanny Kemble's family troubles prompting her return to England.

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Title:Rebecca Gratz to Benjamin Gratz
Author:Rebecca Gratz
Recipient:Benjamin Gratz
Origin:[Philadelphia, PA]
Destination:[Lexington, KY]
Date:[1845]-09-15
Language:English
Description:Letter. 1 sheet. No envelope.
Subject
(Personal Name):		Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Gratz, Benjamin, 1792-1884
?Riggs, Mary Keene Boswell, 1829-?
Sigoigne, Anne-Marie-Aimée Condemine, 1770-1851
Picot, Charles, 1789-1852
%Miss Gibson
Gratz, Cary Gist, 1829-1861
Shelby, Joseph Orville, 1830-1897
Bolmar, A. (Anthony), 1797-1861
Gratz, Anna Maria Boswell Shelby, 1808-1882
Gratz, Michael Bernard, 1822-1889
Gratz, Henry Howard, 1824-1913
Gratz, Hyman Cecil, 1826-1866
Gratz, Mason Brown, 1845-1846
Nathan, Rebecca Gratz Moses, 1810-1891
Nathan, Jonathan, 1845-1917
Nathan, Jonathan, 1811-1863
Nathan, Gratz, 1843-1915
Moses, Mary Porter Ashe, 1812-1853
Moses, Gratz Ashe, 1839-1901
Eaton, Elizabeth A. Moses, 1841-1924
Moses, John Ashe, 1843-1919
Lee, Elizabeth Blair, 1818-1906
Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883
Blair, Mary Elizabeth Woodbury, 1821-1887
Blair, Francis Preston, 1791-1876
Blair, James Lawrence, 1819-1853
Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893
Wister, Sarah Butler, 1835-1908
Leigh, Frances Butler, 1838-1910
Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854
Kemble, Adelaide, 1815-1879
Gratz, Hyman, 1776-1857
Joseph, Sara Gratz Moses, 1817-1891?
Hays, Richea Gratz, 1774-1858
Etting, Frances Gratz, 1771-1852
Gratz, Henry Howard, 1824-1913
Riggs, Mary Keene Boswell, 1829-?
Subject
(Geographic):		Philadelphia, PA
England
Europe
New York, NY
Trenton, NJ
Subject
(Topical):		Institution
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Humanitarian activities
School and university
Education
Children
Poverty
Housing
Health
Travel
Courtship
Marriage
Events
Life event
Birth
Birthday
Provenance:American Jewish Historical Society
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:		Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Benjamin Gratz, [Philadelphia, PA], September 15, [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, September 15, [1845]. RGC0254, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0254.
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