Rebecca Gratz to Maria Fenno Hoffman, October 25, 1820

Rebecca writes to her friend Maria, discussing the latest literary publications of Washington Irving and Walter Scott. She also details a local scandal.

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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:1820-10-25
Language:English
Description:Letter. 1 sheet.
Subject
(Personal Name):		Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Hoffman, Maria Fenno, 1781-1823
Fenno, Edward, 1796-1823
Fenno, James Bowdoin, 1794-1824
%.Mr. Henry
Nicholas, Samuel, 1744-1792
Nicholas, Alice Anna Hoffman, 1790-1840
Nicholas, Charles Jenkins, 1782-1835
Hoffman, Harriet Matilda, 1812-?
Ogden, Catharine Ann Powell Meredith, 1804-1849
Hoffman, Josiah Ogden, 1766-1837
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
Walsh, Robert Jr., 1784-1859
Mary I, Queen of England, 1516-1558
Moses, Rachel Gratz, 1782-1823
Moses, Horace, 1820-1893
Meredith, Gertrude Gouverneur Ogden, 1777-1828
Pattison, Granville Sharp, 1791-1851
Chapman, Nathaniel, 1780-1853
%J. Biddle
Etting, Ellen Hays, 1800-1855
Gratz, Jacob, 1790-1856
Subject
(Geographic):		Savannah, GA
Georgia
Philadelphia, PA
Baltimore, MD
Subject
(Topical):		Housing
Health
Disease
Epidemic
Yellow fever
Business
Fire
Travel
Education
Friendship
Literature
Newspapers and periodicals
Literary journal
Edinburgh Review
Children
Crime
Dueling
Provenance:American Jewish Historical Society
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:		Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Maria Fenno Hoffman, Philadelphia, PA, October 25, 1820. 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, October 25, 1820. RGC0623, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0623.
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