Rebecca Gratz to Maria Gist Gratz, August 18, 1834

Rebecca writes to her sister-in-law Maria, discussing racial violence in Philadelphia and Charleston and updates her on the health and travels of family and friends. She also details an incident of four boys from the Orphan Asylum getting in trouble for stealing apples.

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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:1834-08-18
Language:English
Description:Letter. 1 sheet.
Subject
(Personal Name):		Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Gratz, Maria Gist, 1797-1841
Gratz, Cary Gist, 1829-1861
Furness, William Henry, 1802-1896
Angier, Joseph, 1808-1871
Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893
Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842
Etting, Frances Gratz, 1771-1852
Gratz, Henry Howard, 1824-1913
Etting, Ellen Hays, 1800-1855
Lee, Elizabeth Blair, 1818-1906
Joseph, Sara Gratz Moses, 1817-1891?
Etting, Isabella, 1801-1855
Gratz, Benjamin, 1792-1884
%Saint-Pierre
Hall, Elizabeth, ?-?
Subject
(Geographic):		Boston, MA
Charleston, SC
Baltimore, MD
Philadelphia, PA
Washington, D.C.
Subject
(Topical):		Health
Children
Travel
Religion
Christianity
Unitarianism
Race riots
Racism
Abolitionism
Catholicism
Crime
Transportation
Institution
Orphan Asylum (Philadelphia, PA)
Lexington Orphan Asylum
Provenance:American Jewish Historical Society
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:		Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Maria Gist Gratz, Philadelphia, PA, August 18, 1834. 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 18, 1834. RGC0362, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0362.
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