Rebecca Gratz to Joseph Gratz, May 12, 1810

Rebecca writes to her brother Joseph of the recent loss of their sister Richea's infant son, Barnard, and of the health and visits of friends and family.

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Title:Rebecca Gratz to Joseph Gratz
Author:Rebecca Gratz
Recipient:Joseph Gratz
Origin:Philadelphia, PA
Destination:Hamburg, Germany | Europe
Date:1810-05-12
Language:English
Description:Letter. 1 sheet.
Subject
(Personal Name):
Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Gratz, Joseph, 1785-1858
Hays, Richea Gratz, 1774-1858
Hays, Barnard Gratz, 1809-1810
Hoffman, Maria Fenno, 1781-1823
Verplanck, Mary Elizabeth Fenno, 1787-1817
Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860
Etting, Rachel Gratz, 1764-1831
Etting, Solomon, 1764-1847
Schuyler, Shinah Simon, 1762-1815
Gratz, Michael, 1740-1811
Etting, Frances Gratz, 1771-1852
%Mr. W. Craig
Henry, Bernard, 1783-1863
%W. Reed
Pemberton, John T., 1783-1847
Subject
(Geographic):
Baltimore, MD
New York, NY
Russia
Europe
Subject
(Topical):
Travel
Children
Death
Childhood mortality
Transportation
Medicine
Home care
Health
Mental health
Provenance:The Rosenbach Museum & Library
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:
Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Joseph Gratz, Philadelphia, PA, May 12, 1810. From the original at The Rosenbach Museum & Library, 2008 Delancey Place, Philadelphia, PA 19103 USA. Please cite as Gratz 01:20.
Citation
for Transcript:
Rebecca Gratz to Joseph Gratz, May 12, 1810. RGC0008, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the Rosenbach. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0008.
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