Rebecca Gratz to Maria Fenno Hoffman, May 18, [1820]
On occasion of Isabella Ogden's death, Rebecca expresses her skepticim toward premonitory dreams of death to her friend Maria. She also gives updates on the developments at the Deaf and Dumb Society and on the travel and health of family and friends.
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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]-05-18 |
| Language: | English |
| Description: | Letter. 1 sheet. |
| Subject (Personal Name): | Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869 Hoffman, Maria Fenno, 1781-1823 Ogden Family Ogden, Isabella W., 1787-1820 Meredith, Gertrude Gouverneur Ogden, 1777-1828 Abercrombie, James, 1758-1841 Abercrombie, John Baynton, 1796-1819 Swedenborg, Emanuel, 1688-1772 % Mrs. Waddington Bowen, Nathaniel, 1779-1839 Seixas, David G, 1788-1864 Hoffman, Julia, 1810-1861 Marx, Joseph, 1772-1840 Nicholas, Charles Jenkins, 1782-1835 Nicholas, Alice Anna Hoffman, 1790-1840 Moses, Rachel Gratz, 1782-1823 Rush, Julia Stockton, 1759-1848 Etting, Frances Gratz, 1771-1852 Etting, Ellen Hays, 1800-1855 Fenno, Edward, 1796-1823 Gratz, Hyman, 1776-1857 Brown, Anne Eliza Rodman, 1801-1881 Verplanck, Mary Elizabeth Fenno, 1787-1817 Myers, Miriam Etting Myers, Horatio Gratz, 1808-1834 Etting, Solomon, 1764-1847 |
| Subject (Geographic): | Philadelphia, PA Richmond, VA Charleston, SC Alabama |
| Subject (Topical): | Death Religion Crime Dueling Literature Travel Health Institution Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb (Philadelphia, PA) Education School and university Children Housing Climate Enslaved people Music |
| Provenance: | American Jewish Historical Society |
| Publisher: | Gratz College |
| Citation for Scan: | Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Maria Fenno Hoffman, Philadelphia, PA, May 18, [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, May 18, [1820]. RGC0636, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0636. |
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