Rebecca Gratz to Benjamin Gratz, March 24, 1819

Rebecca apprises her brother Ben of current events including a fire at the Masonic Hall, social intrigue among courting couples, family updates, and ruminations on the places he visits west of Philadelphia.

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Title:Rebecca Gratz to Benjamin Gratz
Author:Rebecca Gratz
Recipient:Benjamin Gratz
Origin:Philadelphia, PA
Destination:Lexington, KY
Date:1819-03-24
Language:English
Description:Letter. 1 sheet.
Subject
(Personal Name):		Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Gratz, Benjamin, 1792-1884
Biddle, John, 1789-1859
Guest, Jonathan, n.d.
%Miss P.
%Fisher, Mr.
%Fisher, Mrs.
Hays, Elizabeth Rosa, 1803-1855
Gratz, Maria Gist, 1797-1841
Chapman, Nathaniel, 1780-1853
Joseph, Sara Gratz Moses, 1817-?
Cohen, Miriam Gratz Moses, 1808-1891
Meredith, Gertrude Gouverneur Ogden, 1777-1828
Williams, Henry Jonathan, 1791-1889
Williams, Julia Rush, 1792-1860
Miss Griffith
?Rush, Samuel, 1795-1859
Rush, Phoebe Ann Ridgway, 1799-1857
Rush, James, 1786-1869
Norris, Charles, 1793-1868
Norris, Dorothea Clapier, n.d.
Norris, Joseph Parker, Jr., 1794-1863
Corbin, Caroline Rebecca Heath Sims 1801-1829
%Logan
Bartley, Sarah, 1783-1850
Nicholas, Charles Jenkins, 1882-abt. 1840
Nicholas, Alice Anna Hoffman, 1790-1840
Gratz, Joseph, 1785-1858
Subject
(Geographic):		Kentucky
Vincennes, IN
Pittsburgh, PA
Subject
(Topical):		Travel
Business
Medicine
Disease
Health
Education
Social events
Courtship
Life events
Music
Weather
Natural disaster
Theater
Religious holiday
Passover
Provenance:American Jewish Historical Society
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:		Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Benjamin Gratz, Philadelphia, PA, March 24, 1819. From the original at the American Jewish Historical Society, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011 USA.
Citation
for Transcript:		Rebecca Gratz to Benjamin Gratz, March 24, 1819. RGC0184, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0184.
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