Rebecca Gratz to Maria Gist Gratz, March 27, [1832]

Rebecca tells her sister-in-law Maria about her nephew Benjamin Etting's journey to China and his delayed return, the effects of her neighbor's death on his widow, and shares various other updates about 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:[1832]-03-27
Language:English
Description:Letter. 1 sheet.
Subject
(Personal Name):		Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Gratz, Maria Gist, 1797-1841
Etting, Benjamin, 1798-1875
Etting, Harriet Marx, 1802-1880
%Nathaneil
Rutledge, Augusta Shaler, 1793-1858
Rutledge, Edward, 1798-1832
Shaler, Lucretia Ann Denning, 1766-1843
Rutledge, Jane Smith Harleston, 1773-1835
Barton, Caroline Marx, 1800-1883
%Mrs. Greene
Etting, Isabella, 1801-1855
?Peters, Sarah Robinson, 1785-1850
Hoffman, Julia, 1810-1861
Hays, Richea Gratz, 1774-1858
Joseph, Sara Gratz Moses, 1817-1891?
Gratz, Jacob, 1790-1856
%Miss Craig
%Mrs. Pintard
Subject
(Geographic):		Canton (Guangzhou), China
Charleston, SC
New York, NY
Philadelphia, PA
Subject
(Topical):		Death
Health
Mental Health
Travel
Transportation
Literature
Newspapers and periodicals
American Quarterly Review
Children
Fashion
Clothing and dress
Emotion
Provenance:American Jewish Historical Society
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:		Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Maria Gist Gratz, [Philadelphia, PA], March 27, [1832]. 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, March 27, [1832]. RGC0414, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0414.
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