Rebecca Gratz to Maria Gist Gratz, June 7, [1837]

Rebecca shares family news with her sister-in-law Maria, comments on a controversy at Transylvania University and recommends new reading material.

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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]-06-07
Language:English
Description:Letter. 1 sheet.
Subject
(Personal Name):		Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Gratz, Maria Gist, 1797-1841
Mordecai, Sara Anne Hays, 1805-1894
Mordecai, Laura, 1837-1927
Etting, Harriet Marx, 1802-1880
Hays, Richea Gratz, 1774-1858
Etting, Ellen Hays, 1800-1855
Dennie, Joseph, 1768-1812
Gratz, Hyman, 1776-1857
Gratz, Joseph, 1785-1858
Etting, Benjamin, 1798-1875
Etting, Isabella, 1801-1855
Etting, Frances Gratz, 1771-1852
Marx, Joseph, 1772-1840
Vertner, Elizabeth Abercrombie, 1787-1871
Vertner, Daniel, 1768-1861
Caldwell, Charles, 1772-1853
Gratz, Michael Bernard, 1822-1889
Gratz, Henry Howard, 1824-1913
Gratz, Cary Gist, 1829-1861
Gratz, Hyman Cecil, 1826-1866
Moses, Horace, 1820-1893
Minis, Philip, 1805-1855
Minis, Sarah Augusta Livingston, 1807-1892
Hays, Isaac, 1796-1879
Hays, Sarah (Sally) Ann Minis, 1811-1884
Hays, Joseph Gratz, 1835-1890
Hays, William Dewees, 1836-1866
Etting, Frank M. (Frank Marx), 1833-1890
Etting, Joseph, 1836-1915
Marx, Charles, 1806-1859
Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876
Lee, Hannah Farnham Sawyer, 1780-1865
Gilman, Caroline Howard, 1794-1888
Leslie, Eliza, 1787-1858
Subject
(Geographic):		New York, NY
China
Asia
Louisville, KY
Lexington, KY
Schuylkill River
Fort Gibson, OK
Subject
(Topical):		Events
Life event
Birth
Health
Maternal health
Nature
Transportation
Business
Trade
Institution
University and school
Transylvania University (Lexington, KY)
West Point Military Academy (West Point, NY)
Education
Newspapers and periodicals
Geology
Arts and Culture
Literature
Social conventions
Children
Military and warefare
Provenance:American Jewish Historical Society
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:		Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Maria Gist Gratz, Philadelphia, PA, June 07, [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, June 07, [1837]. RGC0428, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0428.
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