Rebecca Gratz to Maria Gist Gratz, November 31, [1834]
Rebecca updates her sister-in-law Maria on the health of her niece Harriet Etting and her newborn son, comments on the personality of the actor Fanny Kemble, and relates the death of her young orphaned cousin.
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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]-11-31 |
| Language: | English |
| Description: | Letter. 1 sheet. |
| Subject (Personal Name): | Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869 Gratz, Maria Gist, 1797-1841 Gratz, Joseph, 1785-1858 Etting, Harriet Marx, 1802-1880 Etting, Frederick Henry, 1834-1835 Etting, Frank M. (Frank Marx), 1833-1890 Gratz, Jacob, 1790-1856 Cohen, Rebecca, 1782-1840 Myers-Cohen, Beliah (Belle) Simon, 1755-1833 Myers, Horatio Gratz, 1808-1834 Myers, Miriam Etting, 1787-1808 Myers, Jacob, ?-1826 Etting, Solomon, 1764-1847 Etting, Reuben, 1762-1848 Etting, Elijah Gratz, 1795-1849 Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876 Furness, William Henry, 1802-1896 Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893 Jameson, Anna Brownell, 1794-1860 Tilford, John, ?-1852 Gratz, Hyman, 1776-1857 Etting, Frances Gratz, 1771-1852 Etting, Isabella, 1801-1855 Gratz, Henry Howard, 1824-1913 Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 %Henry Clay's son Etting, Henry, 1799-1876 Gratz, Benjamin, 1792-1884 |
| Subject (Geographic): | Centre County, PA Mahon, Spain? Europe Washington, D.C. |
| Subject (Topical): | Events Life event Birth Children Health Maternal health Medical treatment Science Business Travel Death Disease Social scene Arts and Culture Literature Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad Theater Fashion Clothing and dress Finances Politics |
| Provenance: | American Jewish Historical Society |
| Publisher: | Gratz College |
| Citation for Scan: | Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Maria Gist Gratz, Philadelphia, PA, November 31, [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, November 31, [1834]. RGC0365, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0365. |
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