Rebecca Gratz and Ellen Hays Etting to Maria Gist Gratz, September 22, 1828
Rebecca tells her sister-in-law Maria about the dresses she is sending, her guests for Sukkot, and gives updates on the activities of family and friends. Their niece Ellen adds a note pleading with Maria to visit them to assist with the preparations of her marriage.
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| Title: | Rebecca Gratz and Ellen Hays Etting to Maria Gist Gratz |
| Author: | Rebecca Gratz and Ellen Hays Etting |
| Recipient: | Maria Gist Gratz |
| Origin: | Philadelphia, PA |
| Destination: | Lexington, KY |
| Date: | 1828-09-22 |
| Language: | English |
| Description: | Letter. 1 sheet. |
| Subject (Personal Name): | Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869 Gratz, Maria Gist, 1797-1841 Gratz, Hyman, 1776-1857 %Mrs. Pike (dressmaker) Hunt, Catherine Grosh, 1777-1835 Hunt, Catherine Grosh, 1813-1833 Gratz, Hyman Cecil, 1826-1866 Etting, Ellen Hays, 1800-1855 Etting, Samuel, 1796-1862 Etting, Rachel Gratz, 1764-1831 Etting, Solomon, 1764-1847 Etting, Ellen, 1802-1877 % Miss Minis %little Sally in Savannah/Sarah Minis Hays %Miss Myers Cohen, Augusta Myers, 1797-1876 Cohen, David I., 1800-1847 Cohen, Philip I., 1793-1852 Myers, Moses, 1753-1835 Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 Walsh, Robert Jr., 1784-1859 Erwin, Anne Brown Clay, 1807-1835 Erwin, Julia Duralde, 1825-1828 Hunt, Catherine Grosh, 1813-1833 Sigoigne, Anne-Marie-Aimée Condemine, 1770-1851 Gratz, Benjamin, 1792-1884 Gratz, Benjamin, 1821-1830 Moses, Horace, 1820-1893 Gratz, Michael Bernard, 1822-1889 Gratz, Henry Howard, 1824-1913 |
| Subject (Geographic): | Pittsburgh, PA Georgia South Carolina Norfolk, VA Kentucky |
| Subject (Topical): | Travel Synagogue Fashion Clothing and dress Health Religion Faith Marriage Housing Holidays Religious holiday Yom Kippur Sukkot Politics Death Friendship Emotion Children |
| Provenance: | American Jewish Historical Society |
| Publisher: | Gratz College |
| Citation for Scan: | Rebecca Gratz and Ellen Hays Etting. ALS to Maria Gist Gratz, Philadelphia, PA, September 22, 1828. From the original at the American Jewish Historical Society, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011 USA. |
| Citation for Transcript: | Rebecca Gratz and Ellen Hays Etting to Maria Gist Gratz, September 22, 1828. RGC0315, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0315. |
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