Rebecca Gratz to Maria Gist Gratz, August 10, 1829

Rebecca tells her sister-in-law Maria about the difficulties surrounding an adoption at the asylum and gives updates on family members and mutual acquaintances.

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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:1829-08-10
Language:English
Description:Letter. 1 sheet.
Subject
(Personal Name):		Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Gratz, Maria Gist, 1797-1841
Gratz, Jacob, 1790-1856
Erwin, James, 1796-1851
?Smellie, William, 1740-1795
%Madame D'Orval
%Mr. Vaughan
Williams, Julia Rush, 1792-1860
Cohen, Miriam Gratz Moses, 1808-1891
%Fisher, Sarah W. ?-?
%Elizabeth Fisher
%Mr. Read
Dudley, Benjamin Winslow, 1785-1870
Williams, Henry Jonathan, 1791-1889
Gratz, Joseph, 1785-1858
Etting, Elijah Gratz, 1795-1849
Moses, Edmund, 1815-?
%Messrs. B & C
Etting, Ellen Hays, 1800-1855
Etting, Samuel, 1796-1862
Etting, Solomon, 1764-1847
Tilford, Mary Trotter, 1788-1844
Combs, Margaret Trotter, 1799-1844
Subject
(Geographic):		Sulphur Springs (Clifton Springs), NY
Philadelphia, PA
Baltimore, MD
Subject
(Topical):		Travel
Literature
Holiday
Religious holiday
Tisha B'Av
Social scene
Institution
Orphan Asylum (Philadelphia, PA)
Children
Emotion
Courtship
Arts and Culture
Nature
Business
Finance
Science
Technology
Animals
Provenance:American Jewish Historical Society
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:		Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Maria Gist Gratz, Philadelphia, PA, August 10, 1829. 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, August 10, 1829. RGC0320, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0320.
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