Rebecca Gratz to Maria Gist Gratz, December 13, 1824

Rebecca tells her sister-in-law Maria of the Smallpox outbreak in Philadelphia and having her nieces and nephews revaccinated. She also ponders the unpredicability of life after the death of her sister Rachel.

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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:1824-12-13
Language:English
Description:Letter. 1 sheet.
Subject
(Personal Name):
Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Gratz, Maria Gist, 1797-1841
Gratz, Benjamin, 1792-1884
Gratz, Benjamin, 1821-1830
Gratz, Michael Bernard, 1822-1889
Gratz, Henry Howard, 1824-1913
Moses, Horace, 1820-1893
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Etting, Isabella, 1801-1855
Etting, Frances Gratz, 1771-1852
Gratz, Simon, 1773-1839
Hays, Isaac, 1796-1879
Cohen, Miriam Gratz Moses, 1808-1891
Subject
(Geographic):
Philadelphia, PA
Lexington, KY
Subject
(Topical):
Death
Children
Health
Disease
Epidemic
Small Pox
Vaccine
Provenance:American Jewish Historical Society
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:
Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Maria Gist Gratz, Philadelphia, PA, December 13, 1824. 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 13, 1824. RGC0300, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0300.
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