Rebecca Gratz to Maria Fenno Hoffman, July 22, [1821]

Rebecca writes to her friend Maria after the death of her mother-in-law, Sarah Ogden Hoffman. She also discusses the business prospects and travels of both of their brothers and other family members.

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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:[1821]-07-22
Language:English
Description:Letter. 1 sheet.
Subject
(Personal Name):
Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Hoffman, Maria Fenno, 1781-1823
Meredith, Gertrude Gouverneur Ogden, 1777-1828
Hoffman, Sarah Ogden, 1742-1821
Nicholas, Alice Anna Hoffman, 1790-1840
Hoffman, Josiah Ogden, 1766-1837
Fenno, Edward, 1796-1823
Gratz, Hyman, 1776-1857
Gratz, Benjamin, 1792-1884
Gratz, Maria Gist, 1797-1841
Gratz, Benjamin, 1821-1830
Gratz, Joseph, 1785-1858
Rodman, Harriet Fenno, 1782-1808
Fenno, James Bowdoin, 1794-1824
McCall, William, 1783-1840
McCall, Frances-Harriet Sitgreaves, 1789?-1851
Nicholas, Charles Jenkins, 1782-1835
Brown, Anne Eliza Rodman, 1801-1881
Moses, Horace, 1820-1893
Fenno, George, 1786-1829
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
Subject
(Geographic):
New Orleans, LA
Gibraltar
Europe
Easton, PA
Richmond, VA
Philadelphia, PA
New York, NY
Saratoga Springs, NY
Subject
(Topical):
Death
Religion
Travel
Business
Climate
Health
Agriculture
Provenance:American Jewish Historical Society
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:
Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Maria Fenno Hoffman, Philadelphia, PA, July 22, [1821]. 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, July 22, [1821]. RGC0640, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0640.
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