Rebecca Gratz to Maria Gist Gratz, January 15, 1840
Rebecca tells her sister-in-law Maria about the health of family members and friends, particuarly about Ellen Hays Etting, whose newborn recently died. She also discusses the literature she is reading.
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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: | 1840-01-15 |
| Language: | English |
| Description: | Letter. 1 sheet. |
| Subject (Personal Name): | Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869 Gratz, Maria Gist, 1797-1841 Cohen, Miriam Gratz Moses, 1808-1891 Nathan, Rebecca Gratz Moses, 1810-1891 Joseph, Sara Gratz Moses, 1817-1891? Gratz, Joseph, 1785-1858 Riggs, Mary Keene Boswell, 1829-? Gratz, Cary Gist, 1829-1861 Gratz, Hyman Cecil, 1826-1866 Gratz, Henry Howard, 1824-1913 Gratz, Michael Bernard, 1822-1889 Gratz, Benjamin, 1792-1884 Meredith Family Meredith, William, 1772-1844 Meredith, Gertrude Euphemia, 1797-1840 Ogden, Miriam Gratz Meredith, 1808-1866 Ogden, Catharine Ann Powell Meredith, 1804-1849 Meredith, Gertrude Gouverneur Ogden, 1777-1828 Etting, Ellen Hays, 1800-1855 Etting, Solomon II, 1839-1839 Hays, Richea Gratz, 1774-1858 %Mrs. Biddle Doane, George Washington, 1799-1859 Hemans, Felicia Dorothea Browne, 1793-1835 Owens, Harriet Mary Browne, 1798-1858 Lee, Elizabeth Blair, 1818-1906 Blair, Eliza Violet Gist, 1794-1877 Blair, Francis Preston, 1791-1876 Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 Etting, Frances Gratz, 1771-1852 |
| Subject (Geographic): | Bordentown, NJ Washington, D.C. Baltimore, MD |
| Subject (Topical): | Holiday Religious holiday Christmas Travel Organization Orphan Asylum (Philadelphia, PA) Education Health Maternal health Mental health Emotion Children Death Childhood mortality Literature Woman's Mission The Works of Mrs. Hemans, with a Memoir by her Sister Events Life event Birthday Politics |
| Provenance: | American Jewish Historical Society |
| Publisher: | Gratz College |
| Citation for Scan: | Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Maria Gist Gratz, Philadelphia, PA, January 15, 1840. 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, January 15, 1840. RGC0398, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0398. |
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