Rebecca Gratz to Maria Gist Gratz, February 16, 1832
Rebecca writes to her sister-in-law Maria about the wide spread of illnesses during the winter and the deaths of acquaintances and friends, including Adeline Myers.
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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: | 1832-02-16 |
| Language: | English |
| Description: | Letter. 1 sheet. |
| Subject (Personal Name): | Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869 Gratz, Maria Gist, 1797-1841 Gratz, Hyman Cecil, 1826-1866 Barry Family Myers, Adeline, 1791-1832 Myers, Moses, 1753-1835 Myers, Georgianna, 1807-1862 Furness, Annis Pulling Jenks, 1802-1885 Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880 Hoffman, Julia, 1810-1861 Rutledge, Augusta Shaler, 1793-1858 %unnamed daughter of Mrs. Rutledge, 1831?-1832 Rutledge, Edward, 1798-1832 Mordecai, Jacob, 1762-1838 Nathan, Rebecca Gratz Moses, 1810-1891 Mordecai, Sara Anne Hays, 1805-1894 %Mrs. Pintard ?Peters, Sarah Robinson, 1785-1850 Chapman, Rebekah Biddle, 1782-1870 ?Rush, Julia Stockton, 1759-1848 Blight, Julia Fulton, 1810-1848 ?Walsh, Robert Jr., 1784-1859 Brown, James, 1766-1835 Gratz, Hyman, 1776-1857 Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 Gratz, Cary Gist, 1829-1861 Hays, Richea Gratz, 1774-1858 Gratz, Benjamin, 1792-1884 Moses, Horace, 1820-1893 Leavy, William A., 1796-1878 Myers-Cohen Family Etting, Isabella, 1801-1855 Etting, Elijah Gratz, 1795-1849 Etting, Harriet Marx, 1802-1880 Etting, Benjamin, 1798-1875 Etting, Josephine, 1830-1914 Etting, Ellen Hays, 1800-1855 Etting, Frances (Fanny) Gratz, 1794-1854 Grigg, John, 1792-1864 |
| Subject (Geographic): | Boston, MA New Orleans, LA South Carolina |
| Subject (Topical): | Weather Climate Health Disease Epidemic Cholera Measles Death Childhood mortality Literature The Mother's Book Tales of My Landlord The Forsaken Religion Travel Fashion Clothing and dress Finance |
| Provenance: | American Jewish Historical Society |
| Publisher: | Gratz College |
| Citation for Scan: | Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Maria Gist Gratz, Philadelphia, PA, February 16, 1832. 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, February 16, 1832. RGC0336, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0336. |
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