Rebecca Gratz to Maria Gist Gratz, May 14, 1836

Writing to her sister-in-law Maria, Rebecca expresses her disapproval of the lynching of a free Black man, Francis McIntosh, in St. Louis. She also updates her on the upcoming marriage of their niece Sara Hays.

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Title:Rebecca Gratz to Maria Gist Gratz
Author:Rebecca Gratz
Recipient:Maria Gist Gratz
Origin:Philadelphia, PA
Destination:Lexington, KY
Date:1836-05-14
Language:English
Description:Letter. 1 sheet.
Subject
(Personal Name):		Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Gratz, Maria Gist, 1797-1841
Gratz, Michael Bernard, 1822-1889
%Caley
Woods, Almira Marshall, 1804-1863
Mordecai, Sara Anne Hays, 1805-1894
Mordecai, Alfred, 1804-1887
Mordecai, Emma, 1812-1906
Gratz, Jacob, 1790-1856
Gratz, Cary Gist, 1829-1861
%Fenon
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768
McIntosh, Francis, ?-1836
Gratz, Joseph, 1785-1858
Etting, Frances Gratz, 1771-1852
%Harris
Hays, Isaac, 1796-1879
Etting, Ellen Hays, 1800-1855
Meredith, William Morris, 1799-1873
Blair, James Lawrence, 1819-1853
Moses, Horace, 1820-1893
Joseph, Sara Gratz Moses, 1817-1891?
Lee, Elizabeth Blair, 1818-1906
Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883
%Poor Village Doctor
Hays, Richea Gratz, 1774-1858
Subject
(Geographic):		Lexington, KY
St. Louis, MO
Baltimore, MD
Richmond, VA
Subject
(Topical):		Travel
Agriculture
Nature
Business
Science
Marriage
Romance
Health
Slavery
Enslaved persons
Crime
Racism
Lynching
Food
Transportation
Fashion
Clothing and dress
Provenance:American Jewish Historical Society
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:		Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Maria Gist Gratz, Philadelphia, PA, May 14, 1836. From the original at the American Jewish Historical Society, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011 USA.
Citation
for Transcript:		Rebecca Gratz to Maria Gist Gratz, May 14, 1836. RGC0371, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0371.
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