Rebecca Gratz to Margaret (Peggy) Ewing, July 04, 1805
In this letter to her friend Margaret (Peggy), Rebecca bemoans the departure of her friends from New York and describes at length the 4th of July festivities in Philadelphia.
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| Title: | Rebecca Gratz to Margaret (Peggy) Ewing |
| Author: | Rebecca Gratz |
| Recipient: | Margaret (Peggy) Ewing |
| Origin: | Philadelphia, PA |
| Destination: | Pittstown, NJ | Easton, PA |
| Date: | 1805-07-04 |
| Language: | English |
| Description: | 1 letter. 1 sheet. |
| Subject (Personal Name): | Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869 Ewing, Margaret (Peggy), 1779-1809 Etting, Rachel Gratz, 1764-1831 Myers, Miriam Etting, 1787-1808 Gratz, Sarah (Sally), 1779-1817 Rodman, Harriet Fenno, 1782-1808 %Miss Julie McEwen, Eleanor J. McCullough, 1795-1849 %Miss Sergeant %Miss Fox Ewing, Amelia, 1782-1812 Ewing, Hannah Sergeant, 1739-1806 Ewing, Samuel, 1776-1725 |
| Subject (Geographic): | New York, NY Albany, NY Philadelphia, PA |
| Subject (Topical): | Travel Health Holiday Public Holiday Fourth of July Health Music Events Social Event |
| Provenance: | American Philosophical Society |
| Publisher: | Gratz College |
| Citation for Scan: | Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Margaret (Peggy) Ewing, Philadelphia, PA, July 04, 1805. From the original at American Philosophical Society Library, 105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 USA. |
| Citation for Transcript: | Rebecca Gratz to Margaret (Peggy) Ewing, July 04, 1805. RGC0779, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Philosophical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0779. |
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