Rebecca Gratz to Maria Gist Gratz, February 06, 1836
Rebecca tells her sister-in-law Maria about the activities of her two younger sons who are staying with Rebecca and expresses her dismay at the war with native American tribes.
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| Title: | Rebecca Gratz to Maria Gist Gratz |
| Author: | Rebecca Gratz |
| Recipient: | Maria Gist Gratz |
| Origin: | Philadelphia, PA |
| Destination: | Washington, D.C. |
| Date: | 1836-02-06 |
| Language: | English |
| Description: | Letter. 1 sheet. |
| Subject (Personal Name): | Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869 Gratz, Maria Gist, 1797-1841 Gratz, Benjamin, 1792-1884 Gratz, Jacob, 1790-1856 Etting, Henry, 1799-1876 Gratz, Henry Howard, 1824-1913 Hays, Isaac, 1796-1879 Hays, Sarah (Sally) Ann Minis, 1811-1884 Cohen, Miriam Gratz Moses, 1808-1891 Joseph, Sara Gratz Moses, 1817-1891? Nathan, Rebecca Moses, 1810-1891 Gratz, Michael Bernard, 1822-1889 Hays, Richea Gratz, 1774-1858 %Mr. Shaw Etting, Isabella, 1801-1855 Blair, Eliza Violet Gist, 1794-1877 Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883 Lee, Elizabeth Blair, 1818-1906 Blair, Francis Preston, 1791-1876 Gratz, Cary Gist, 1829-1861 Gratz, Hyman Cecil, 1826-1866 ?Peters, Sarah Robinson, 1785-1850 Moses, Simon Gratz, 1813-1897 % Mr. D'Orval |
| Subject (Geographic): | Richmond, VA Lancaster, PA ??Bellefonte, PA Virginia Philadelphia, PA Georgia |
| Subject (Topical): | Travel Weather Children Disease Mumps Medical treatment Emotion Death Education Current events Military and Warfare Native Americans Second Seminole War? Transportation |
| Provenance: | The Rosenbach Museum & Library |
| Publisher: | Gratz College |
| Citation for Scan: | Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Maria Gist Gratz, February 06, 1836. From the original at The Rosenbach Museum & Library, 2008 Delancey Place, Philadelphia, PA 19103 USA. Please cite as Gratz 01:46. |
| Citation for Transcript: | Rebecca Gratz to Maria Gist Gratz, February 06, 1836. RGC0014, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the Rosenbach. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0014. |
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