Rebecca Gratz to Maria Fenno Hoffman, March 07, 1808

Rebecca tells her friend Maria how much she is missed, inquires about members of her family and discusses the state of the literary journals The Salmagundi and The Port Folio.

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Title:Rebecca Gratz to Maria Fenno Hoffman
Author:Rebecca Gratz
Recipient:Maria Fenno Hoffman
Origin:Philadelphia, PA
Destination:New York, NY
Date:1808-03-07
Language:English
Description:Letter. 1 sheet.
Subject
(Personal Name):
Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Hoffman, Maria Fenno, 1781-1823
Gratz, Joseph, 1785-1858
Ogden, Isabella W., 1787-1820
Verplanck, Mary Elizabeth Fenno, 1787-1817
Meredith, Gertrude Gouverneur Ogden, 1777-1828
Johnson, Caroline Knox Ogden, 1791-1844
Abercrombie, James, 1758-1841
Hoffman, Josiah Ogden, 1766-1837
Rodman, Harriet Fenno, 1782-1808
Rodman, John, 1775-1847
Dennie, Joseph, 1768-1812
Hoffman, Eliza Fenno, 1804?-?
Etting, Horatio, 1805-1891
Subject
(Geographic):
Albany, NY
Subject
(Topical):
Children
Friendship
Literature
Newspapers and periodicals
Literary journal
The Salmagundi
The Port Folio
Events
Current event
Provenance:American Jewish Historical Society
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:
Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Maria Fenno Hoffman, Philadelphia, PA, March 07, 1808. 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 Fenno Hoffman, March 07, 1808. RGC0581, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0581.
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