Rebecca Gratz to Maria Fenno Hoffman, December 29, [1818]

Rebecca tells her friend Maria news of several members in Maria's extended family, shares society news, and discusses the local literary scene.

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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:[1818]-12-29
Language:English
Description:Letter. 1 sheet.
Subject
(Personal Name):		Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Hoffman, Maria Fenno, 1781-1823
Moses Family
%Kitty Jones
Hays, Richea Gratz, 1774-1858
?Nicholas, Alice Anna Hoffman, 1790-?
Seton, Emma, ?-?
Etting, Ellen Hays, 1800-1855
Hays, Miriam (Maria), 1798-1826
Brown, Anne Eliza Rodman, 1801-1881
Rodman, Harriet Fenno, 1782-1808
Rodman, John, 1775-1847
Fenno, Edward, 1796-1823
Gratz, Benjamin, 1792-1884
%Bubeck
%Wittington
Hoffman, Josiah Ogden, 1766-1837
Wood, William B., 1779-1861
Cooper, Mary Fairlie, 1790-1833
Cooper, Thomas Abthorpe, 1776-1849
Verplanck, Gulian C. (Gulian Crommelin)
Walsh, Robert Jr., 1784-1859
Dennie, Joseph, 1768-1812
Kuhn, Hartman, 1784-1860
Kuhn, Ellen Lyle, 1793-1857
Hall, John E. (John Elihu), 1783-1829
Hoffman, George Edward, 1808-1884
Moses, Simon Gratz, 1813-1897
Gratz, Jacob, 1790-1856
Subject
(Geographic):		Philadelphia, PA
Washington, D.C.
Bristol, PA
London, England
Europe
Subject
(Topical):		Newspapers and periodicals
Literary journal
The Port Folio
The Analetic Magazine
Theater
Social scene
Death
Travel
Marriage
Housing
Literature
Children
Toys
Holiday
Public holiday
New Year's Day
Provenance:American Jewish Historical Society
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:		Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Maria Fenno Hoffman, Philadelphia, PA, December 29, [1818]. 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, December 29, [1818]. RGC0645, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0645.
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