Rebecca Gratz to Maria Fenno Hoffman, March 02, 1812

Rebecca tells her friend Maria about the deaths of acquaintances, updates her on the health, wellbeing, and whereabouts of other joint friends and relatives.

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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:1812-03-02
Language:English
Description:Letter. 1 sheet.
Subject
(Personal Name):		Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Hoffman, Maria Fenno, 1781-1823
Rodman, John, 1775-1847
Nicholas, Alice Anna Hoffman, 1790-1840
Nicholas, Matilda Hoffman, 1810-1882
Ogden, Mary Hammond Seton, 1799-1855
Ogden, Isabella W., 1787-1820
Hopkinson, Emily Mifflin, 1770-1850
Ewing, Amelia, 1782-1812
Ewing, Margaret (Peggy), 1779-1809
Myers, Samuel, 1790-1829
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860
Verplanck, Mary Elizabeth Fenno, 1787-1817
Fenno, George, 1786-1829
Hoffman, Ogden, 1793-1856
Brown, Anne Eliza Rodman, 1801-1881
Gratz, Joseph, 1785-1858
Subject
(Geographic):		Norfolk, VA
New York, NY
Philadelphia, PA
Albany, NY
Subject
(Topical):		Death
Childhood mortality
Health
Home care
Mental health
Social scene
Travel
Transportation
Provenance:American Jewish Historical Society
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:		Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Maria Fenno Hoffman, [Philadelphia, PA], March 02, 1812. 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 02, 1812. RGC0598, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0598.
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