Rebecca Gratz to Maria Gist Gratz, December 12, 1831
Rebecca tells her sister-in-law about her visit to an elegant reception hosted by the Blight family. She also comments on the latest literature and the precarious state of book publishing in England.
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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: | 1831-12-12 |
| Language: | English |
| Description: | Letter. 1 sheet. |
| Subject (Personal Name): | Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869 Gratz, Maria Gist, 1797-1841 *John Etting, Ellen Hays, 1800-1855 Etting, Samuel, 1796-1862 Scott, Judith Cary Bell Gist, 1750-1833 Blair, Francis Preston, 1791-1876 Blair, Eliza Violet Gist, 1794-1877 Gratz, Michael Bernard, 1822-1889 Gratz, Henry Howard, 1824-1913 Gratz, Cary Gist, 1829-1861 Gratz, Hyman Cecil, 1826-1866 Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 %Mr. F. Barry Raleigh, Walter, 1552-1618 Gratz, Jacob, 1790-1856 Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 Thomson, Katherine, 1797-1862 Verplanck, Gulian C. (Gulian Crommelin), 1786-1870 Drayton, William, 1776-1846 Featherstonhaugh, Charlotte Williams Carter, ca. 1813-1879 Featherstonhaugh, George William, 1780-1866 Carter, Bernard M. (Bernard Moore), 1780-1842 Willing, Thomas Moore, 1805-1850 Willing, Matilda Lee Carter, 1811-1895 Blight, Julia Fulton, 1810-1848 Blight, Charles, ca. 1795-1864 Mordecai, Sara Anne Hays, 1805-1894 Hoffman, Julia, 1810-1861 Barry Family Nathan, Rebecca Gratz Moses, 1810-1891 Gratz, Cary Gist, 1829-1861 %Mrs. Dewees |
| Subject (Geographic): | Lexington, KY Baltimore, MD, Delaware River Philadelphia, PA England Europe Italy China Asia |
| Subject (Topical): | Disease Health Travel Transportation Sports and Recreation Holiday Religious holiday Christmas Food Children Arts and Culture Literature Count Robert of Paris The Bravo Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Raleigh Newspapers and periodicals New-York Mirror Politics Humanitarian activities Events Life event Birth Maternal health Childhood mortality Social scene Housing Furniture Education |
| Provenance: | American Jewish Historical Society |
| Publisher: | Gratz College |
| Citation for Scan: | Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Maria Gist Gratz, [Philadelphia. PA], December 12, 1831. 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 12, 1831. RGC0334, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0334. |
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