Rebecca Gratz to Miriam Gratz Moses Cohen, August 17, 1855

In writing to her niece Miriam, Rebecca reflects on the death of her niece, Rosa Hays Marx and the education of the children of her niece Sara Moses Joseph. She also comments on an article in Isaac Leeser's journal.

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Title:Rebecca Gratz to Miriam Gratz Moses Cohen
Author:Rebecca Gratz
Recipient:Miriam Gratz Moses Cohen
Origin:Philadelphia, PA
Destination:Unknown
Date:1855-08-17
Language:English
Subject
(Personal Name):		Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Cohen, Miriam Gratz Moses, 1808-1891
Moses, Solomon, 1774-1857
Marx, Elizabeth Rosa Hays, 1803-1855
Hays, Richea Gratz, 1774-1858
Etting, Ellen Hays, 1800-1855
%Vera Rensslear?
Cohen, Solomon, 1802-1875
%Henrietta ?Rensslear
Joseph, Sara Gratz Moses, 1817-1891?
Moses, Gratz Ashe, 1839-1901
Eaton, Elizabeth A. Moses, 1841-1924
Bolton, Ann (Nanette), 1815-1884
%Hunter family
Cohen, Gratz, 1844-1865
O’Driscoll, Belle Cohen, 1846?-?
Dent, Miriam Cohen, 1850-1930
%Aunt Minis=?Hays, Sarah (Sally) Ann Minis, 1811-1884
Leeser, Isaac, 1806-1868
Subject
(Geographic):		Philadelphia, PA
Maine
Saco, ME
Savannah, GA
Subject
(Topical):		Death
Faith
Travel
Education
Institution
University and school
Bolton Priory School
Children
Child rearing
Disease
Epidemic
Weather
Newspapers and periodicals
The Occident
Religious Education
Organization
Jewish Foster Home (Philadelphia, PA)
Provenance:University of North Carolina
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:		Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Miriam Gratz Moses Cohen, Philadelphia, PA, August 17, 1855. From the original at Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina, 200 South Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 USA.
Citation
for Transcript:		Rebecca Gratz to Miriam Gratz Moses Cohen, August 17, 1855. RGC0023, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the University of North Carolina. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0023.
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