Rebecca Gratz to Maria Fenno Hoffman, April 29, 1811

Rebecca updates her friend Maria on health news, remarks on the popularity of two star actors and the portraits of one of them, and discusses the voyages their respective brothers are taking.

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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:1811-04-29
Language:English
Description:Letter. 1 sheet.
Subject
(Personal Name):		Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Hoffman, Maria Fenno, 1781-1823
Leiper, Thomas, 1745-1825
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
Nicholas, Alice Anna Hoffman, 1790-1840
Meredith, Gertrude Gouverneur Ogden, 1777-1828
Ogden, Samuel, 1746-1810
Ogden, Euphemia Morris, 1754-1818
Colden, Maria Provoost, 1770–1837
Cooke, George Frederick, 1756-1812
Cooper, Thomas Abthorpe, 1776-1849
Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820
Verplanck, Mary Elizabeth Fenno, 1787-1817
Hoffman, Charles Fenno, 1806-1884
Gratz, Joseph, 1785-1858
Fenno, George, 1786-1829
Gratz, Jacob, 1790-1856
Gratz, Benjamin, 1792-1884
Moses, Rachel Gratz, 1782-1823
Subject
(Geographic):		New York, NY
England
Europe
%The Vale
Subject
(Topical):		Friendship
Travel
Transportation
Art and Culture
Portraiture
Theater
Social scene
Health
Mental health
Education
School and university
Housing
Provenance:American Jewish Historical Society
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:		Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Maria Fenno Hoffman, Philadelphia, PA, April 29, 1811. 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, April 29, 1811. RGC0595, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0595.
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