Rebecca Gratz to Maria Gist Gratz, February 08, 1839
Rebecca writes about her brother Benjamin's recent travel accident, the on-going Gratz - Cohen family legal dispute, her own legal suit, her intellectual interests at the moment, new housing for friends, the missing delivery of household goods, and news of the health and death of various family and friends.
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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: | 1839-02-08 |
| Language: | English |
| Description: | Letter. 1 sheet. |
| Subject (Personal Name): | Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869 Gratz, Maria Gist, 1797-1841 Spurzheim, J. G. (Johann Gaspar), 1776-1832 Gratz, Benjamin, 1792-1884 Gratz, Simon, 1773-1839 Gratz, Louisa, 1801-1888 Cohen, Samuel M. 1799-1863 Cohen, Eliezer, 1793-1873 Phillips, Leah Simon, 1863-1842 Stephens, John Lloyd, 1805-1852 Combe, George, 1788-1858 Caldwell, Charles, 1772-1853 Vertner, Elizabeth Abercrombie, 1787-1871 Jeffrey, Rosa Vertner, 1828-1894 Biddle, Sarah Caldwell Keppele, 1789-1877 Furness, William Henry, 1802-1896 %Dr. Mercer Ogden, Miriam Gratz Meredith, 1808-1866? Ogden, Duncan C. (Duncan Campbell), 1813-1859 Meredith, Gertrude Gouverneur Ogden, 1777-1828 Dewees, Mary Lorrain, 1782-1842 %Fletcher %Mrs. Hunter Gratz, Henry Howard, 1824-1913 ?Bledsoe, Sarah Howard Gist, 1785-1849 ?Bodley, Sarah Gist Bledsoe, 1808-1881 Gratz, Jacob, 1790-1856 Hoffman, Julia, 1810-1861 Hoffman, Mary Frances Seton, 1785-1861 Roberts, Matilda Hoffman, 1809-1838 Nathan, Rebecca Gratz Moses, 1810-1891 Joseph, Sara Gratz Moses, 1817-1891? Cohen, Miriam Gratz Moses, 1808-1891 Hays, Richea Gratz, 1774-1858 Mordecai, Sara Anne Hays, 1805-1894 Lee, Elizabeth Blair, 1818-1906 |
| Subject (Geographic): | Camden, NJ Savannah, GA Jerusalem Washington, D.C. |
| Subject (Topical): | Death Education Furniture Health Housing Literature Travel Transportation Lecture Legal affairs |
| Provenance: | American Jewish Historical Society |
| Publisher: | Gratz College |
| Citation for Scan: | Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Maria Gist Gratz, Philadelphia, PA, February 08, 1839. 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 08, 1839. RGC0392, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0392. |
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