Rebecca Gratz to Maria Gist Gratz, December 29, 1821

Rebecca updates her sister-in-law Maria on family news and social events in Philadelphia. She also discusses the legal problems of David Seixas, the founder of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb.

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Title:Rebecca Gratz to Maria Gist Gratz
Author:Rebecca Gratz
Recipient:Maria Gist Gratz
Origin:Philadelphia, PA
Destination:Lexington, KY
Date:1821-12-29
Language:English
Description:Letter. 1 sheet.
Subject
(Personal Name):		Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Gratz, Maria Gist, 1797-1841
?Bayard, Mary Sophia Carroll, 1804-1886,
Meade, Margaret Coats Butler, 1782-1852
Sergeant, Margaretta Watmough, 1787-1869
Hays, Elizabeth Rosa, 1803-1855
Gratz, Joseph, 1785-1858
Etting, Ellen Hays, 1800-1855
%Lee, Ann
Gratz, Benjamin, 1821-1830
Moses, Horace, 1820-1893
Gratz, Benjamin, 1792-1884
Meredith, Gertrude Gouverneur Ogden, 1777-1828
Seixas, David G, 1788-1864
Clerc, Laurent, 1785-1869
Clerc, Eliza Crocker Boardman, 1792-1880
Etting, Frances Gratz, 1771-1852
Etting, Reuben, 1762-1848
Hays, Miriam (Maria), 1798-1826
Subject
(Geographic):		Philadelphia, PA
Gibraltar
Italy
France
England, United Kingdom
Europe
Baltimore, MD
Canton (Guangzhou), China
Asia
Subject
(Topical):		Travel
Events
Social event
Social scene
Business
Death
Children
Legal affairs
Institution
Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb (Philadelphia, PA)
Organization
Orphan Society (Philadelphia, PA)
Health
Provenance:American Jewish Historical Society
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:		Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Maria Gist Gratz, Philadelphia, PA, December 29, 1821. From the original at the American Jewish Historical Society, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011 USA.
Citation
for Transcript:		Rebecca Gratz to Maria Gist Gratz, December 29, 1821. RGC0285, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0285.
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