Invitation to Hanukkah Reception at The White House, 2012

This document is a formal invitation from the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives for a breakfast reception. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at 9:00 AM, in the Rayburn Room of the United States Capitol in Washington, District of Columbia. The reception is being held on the occasion of a Joint Meeting of Congress with His Excellency Binyamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel. The invitation specifies a dress code of "Business attire" and states that it is "nontransferable." RSVP instructions are provided via an email address, "BoehnerRsop@mail.house.gov."

This document is a two-page program detailing the "Order of Exercises" and "Order of Procession" for a commencement ceremony at Washington University, likely held on May 9, 2011. The "Order of Exercises" outlines the various parts of the ceremony, including musical performances ("America the Beautiful" and "Alma Mater"), remarks by Stephen F. Brauer (Chair of the Board of Trustees) and Keith Alexander Kiles (Senior Class President), and the commencement address by Eli Wiesel, titled "Memory and Ethics." It also details the conferral of honorary and academic degrees by Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. The "Order of Procession" lists the participants in the academic procession, including marshals, the chancellor, the chair of the board of trustees, the faculty senate council chairman, the commencement speaker, student speaker, honorary degree recipients, vocalists, and various other university officials and marshals.

Rebecca tells her sister-in-law Maria of various visitors, updates her on the lingering health issues of family members, and discusses Fourth of July oratories and recent developments in the literary world.

Rebecca writes to her sister-in-law Maria, hoping that her nephew, Benjamin, will come to visit Philadelphia. She also updates her on the health of family and friends and the dresses she is ready to send to Maria's sister, Judith Boswell.

Writing to her brother Ben, Rebecca expresses her complicated feelings toward the pending nuptials and move of her niece, Sara, and updates him on the health and travels of family.

Rebecca reflects to her brother Ben on the upcoming anniversary of their parents' death, current events in Congress, and the death of a British naval officer buried in Philadelphia.