Rebecca Gratz to Margaret (Peggy) Ewing, June 24, 1803
Rebecca writes to her friend Margaret (Peggy) about the social scene of Baltimore, announces the birth of her nephew Edward and discusses the rise of summer residences in Oakland outside of Baltimore and Germantown, PA, due to the fear of Yellow Fever.
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| Title: | Rebecca Gratz to Margaret (Peggy) Ewing |
| Author: | Rebecca Gratz |
| Recipient: | Margaret (Peggy) Ewing |
| Origin: | Baltimore, MD |
| Destination: | Trenton, NJ |
| Date: | 1803-06-24 |
| Language: | English |
| Description: | 1 letter. 1 sheet. |
| Subject (Personal Name): | Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869 Ewing, Margaret (Peggy), 1779-1809 Etting Family Etting, Solomon, 1764-1847 %Mr. House %Miss Thomas Ewing, Samuel, 1776-1725 Etting, Frances Gratz, 1771-1852 Etting, Edward, 1803-1862 Gratz, Miriam Simon, 1749-1808 Hall, Sarah, 1761-1830 %Mrs. Horne %Miss Rogers |
| Subject (Geographic): | Baltimore, MD Lamberton, NJ Philadelphia, PA Oakland, NJ Germantown, PA Newport, RI |
| Subject (Topical): | Social scene Events Current event Theater Travel Health Maternal Health Disease Epidemic Yellow Fever Marriage Romance |
| Provenance: | American Philosophical Society |
| Publisher: | Gratz College |
| Citation for Scan: | Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Margaret (Peggy) Ewing, Baltimore, MD, June 24, 1803. 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, June 24, 1803. RGC0781, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Philosophical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0781. |
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