Rebecca Gratz to Maria Gist Gratz, May 28, 1837
Rebecca tells her sister-in-law Maria about the career of her nephew, Horace, and the new marriage of her niece, Miriam. She also critiques society's preoccupation with material wealth.
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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: | 1837-05-28 |
| Language: | English |
| Description: | Letter. 1 sheet. |
| Subject (Personal Name): | Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869 Gratz, Maria Gist, 1797-1841 Vertner, Elizabeth Abercrombie, 1787-1871 ?Eaton, Margaret (Peggy) O'Neill Timberlake, 1799-1879 Gratz, Hyman, 1776-1857 Cohen, Miriam Gratz Moses, 1808-1891 Gratz, Joseph, 1785-1858 Moses, Horace, 1820-1893 Rogers, William Barton, 1804-1882 Cohen, Solomon, 1802-1875 Lopez, Eleanor C. Cohen, 1800-1871 Etting, Harriet Marx, 1802-1880 Etting, Frank M. (Frank Marx), 1833-1890 Etting, Joseph Marx, 1836-1915 Etting, Benjamin, 1798-1875 Hays, Samuel, 1764-1838 Etting, Ellen Hays, 1800-1855 Hays, Richea Gratz, 1774-1858 Etting, Richea Gratz, 1792-1881 Cohen, Kitty Etting, 1799-1837 Cohen, Benjamin I., 1797-1845 Blair, Eliza Violet Gist, 1794-1877 Lee, Elizabeth Blair, 1818-1906 Blair, Francis Preston, 1791-1876 Blair, Caroline Buckner, 1810-1844 Buckner, Ariss?, 1771-1847 Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883 Blair, Frank P., Jr. (Francis Preston), 1821-1875 Relf, Eliza Jane Bledsoe, 1807-1842 Bledsoe, Sarah Howard Gist, 1785-1849 Bodley, Sarah Gist Bledsoe, 1808-1881 Boswell, Judith Bell Gist, 1788-1837 Gratz, Jacob, 1790-1856 Moses, Solomon, 1774-1857 Nathan, Rebecca Gratz Moses, 1810-1891 Murat, Lucien, 1803-1878 Furness, William Henry, 1802-1896 ?Peters, Sarah Robinson, 1785-1850 ?Crittenden, Maria, 1824-? Gratz, Cary Gist, 1829-1861 |
| Subject (Geographic): | Alabama Bellefonte, PA Virginia Philadelphia, PA Georgetown, SC Charleston, SC Canton (Guangzhou), China Asia Baltimore, MD Washington, D.C. Harrisburg, PA Bordentown, NJ |
| Subject (Topical): | Travel Health Medical treatment Business Nature Marriage Disease Epidemic Whooping Cough Housing Death Children Literature Sartor Resartus Geology |
| Provenance: | American Jewish Historical Society |
| Publisher: | Gratz College |
| Citation for Scan: | Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Maria Gist Gratz, Philadelphia, PA, May 28, 1837. 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, May 28, 1837. RGC0379, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0379. |
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