Rebecca Gratz to Maria Gist Gratz, October 12, 1834
After making extensive preparations for her sister-in-law Maria's visit, Rebecca expresses her deep disappointment that she and her family cancelled their trip to Philadelphia. She also discusses the health issues of her cousins and the effects of the Small Pox outbreak in the Orphan Asylum.
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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: | 1834-10-12 |
| Language: | English |
| Description: | Letter. 1 sheet. |
| Subject (Personal Name): | Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869 Gratz, Maria Gist, 1797-1841 Gratz, Henry Howard, 1824-1913 Gratz, Benjamin, 1792-1884 Gratz, Cary Gist, 1829-1861 Gratz, Hyman Cecil, 1826-1866 Gratz, Michael Bernard, 1822-1889 Blair, Francis Preston, 1791-1876 Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872 Sully, Thomas Wilcocks, 1811-1847 Perry, William, ?-1834 Mordecai, Sara Anne Hays, 1805-1894 Lee, Elizabeth Blair, 1818-1906 Cohen Family Cohen, Rebecca, 1782-1840 Cohen, Sarah (Sally) Myers, 1779-1848 Myers-Cohen, Beliah (Belle) Simon, 1755-1833 Hall, Elizabeth, ?-? Hall, Mary, ?-? Yeatman, Jane Patton Erwin, 1798-1877 |
| Subject (Geographic): | Virginia Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky Philadelphia, PA Tennessee Charleston, SC |
| Subject (Topical): | Travel Emotion Children Housing Climate Domestic servants Portraiture Arts and Culture Business Legal affairs Politics Death Crime Health Disease Epidemic Small Pox Measles Institution Orphan Asylum (Philadelphia, PA) Lexington Orphan Asylum Holiday Religious holiday Yom Kippur |
| Provenance: | American Jewish Historical Society |
| Publisher: | Gratz College |
| Citation for Scan: | Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Maria Gist Gratz, Philadelphia, PA, October 12, 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, October 12, 1834. RGC0366, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0366. |
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