Rebecca Gratz to Margaret (Peggy) Ewing, September 19, 1803

Rebecca tells her friend Margaret (Peggy) of a recent checker game with her brother, continues their musings about their friendship and letter writing, and informs her of the spread of Yellow Fever in Philadelphia.

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Title:Rebecca Gratz to Margaret (Peggy) Ewing
Author:Rebecca Gratz
Recipient:Margaret (Peggy) Ewing
Origin:Philadelphia, PA
Destination:Lamberton, NJ
Date:1803-09-19
Language:English
Description:Letter. 1 Sheet.
Subject
(Personal Name):		Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Ewing, Margaret (Peggy), 1779-1809
Gratz, Hyman, 1776-1857
Myers-Cohen, Beliah (Belle) Simon, 1755-1833
Gratz, Sarah (Sally), 1779-1817
Hays, Richea Gratz, 1774-1858
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Subject
(Geographic):		Lancaster, PA
Germantown, PA
Subject
(Topical):		Games
Friendship
Disease
Epidemic
Yellow Fever
Travel
Food
Provenance:American Philosophical Society
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:		Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Margaret (Peggy) Ewing, Philadelphia, PA, September 19, 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, September 19, 1803. RGC0782, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Philosophical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0782.
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