Margaret (Peggy) Ewing to Rebecca Gratz, July 06, 18[03]

Margaret (Peggy) tells her friend Rebecca of her visits with friends and the 4th of July celebrations in Trenton. She also discusses her love interest and the pros and cons of matrimony.

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Title:Margaret (Peggy) Ewing to Rebecca Gratz
Author:Margaret (Peggy) Ewing
Recipient:Rebecca Gratz
Origin:Lamberton, NJ
Destination:Baltimore, MD
Date:18[03]-07-06
Language:English
Description:1 letter. 1 sheet.
Subject
(Personal Name):
Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Ewing, Margaret (Peggy), 1779-1809
%Mr. House
Ewing, Samuel, 1776-1725
Ewing, Amelia, 1782-1812
Ewing, James Sargeant, 1770-1825
Etting, Frances Gratz, 1771-1852
Subject
(Geographic):
Philadelphia, PA
Lamberton, NJ
Baltimore, MD
Trenton, NJ
Subject
(Topical):
Travel
Social scene
Holiday
Public holiday
Fourth of July
Marriage
Friendship
Romance
Courtship
Provenance:American Philosophical Society
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:
Margaret (Peggy) Ewing. ALS to Rebecca Gratz, Lamberton, NJ, July 06, 18[03]. From the original at American Philosophical Society Library, 105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 USA.
Citation
for Transcript:
Margaret (Peggy) Ewing to Rebecca Gratz, July 06, 18[03]. RGC0773, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Philosophical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0773.
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