Rebecca Gratz to Maria Fenno Hoffman, October 15, 2024

Rebecca tells her friend Maria of her current activities for the Orphan Society and discusses the critiques of a Benjamin West painting on display in Philadelphia.

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Title:Rebecca Gratz to Maria Fenno Hoffman
Author:Rebecca Gratz
Recipient:Maria Fenno Hoffman
Origin:[Philadelphia, PA]
Destination:New York, NY
Date:[1817-11?-xx]
Language:English
Description:Letter. 1 sheet.
Subject
(Personal Name):		Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Hoffman, Maria Fenno, 1781-1823
Hoffman, Charles Fenno, 1806-1884
Moses, Rachel Gratz, 1782-1823
Gratz, Joseph, 1785-1858
Nicholas, Alice Anna Hoffman, 1790-1840
Vertner, Elizabeth Abercrombie, 1787-1871
Abercrombie, Mary Jane Mason, 1793-1875
Abercrombie, James, 1758-1841
Verplanck, Gulian C. (Gulian Crommelin), 1786-1870
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860
Fenno, James Bowdoin, 1794-1824
Fenno, Edward, 1796-1823
Hoffman, Julia, 1810-1861
Cohen, Miriam Gratz Moses, 1808-1891
Hoffman, George Edward, 1808-1884
Cohen, Sarah (Sally) Myers, 1779-1848
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820
Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872
Allston, Washington, 1779-1843
Subject
(Geographic):		Albany, NY
Europe
New York, NY
Philadelphia, PA
Subject
(Topical):		Health
Travel
Organizations
Orphan Society (Philadelphia, PA)
Arts & Culture
Literature
Newspapers and periodicals
Literary journal
Edinburgh Review
Education
Current events
Provenance:American Jewish Historical Society
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:		Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Maria Fenno Hoffman, [Philadelphia, PA], xx], [1817. 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 Fenno Hoffman, xx], [1817. RGC0650, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0650.
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