Rebecca Gratz to Maria Gist Gratz - February 08, 1839
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Miriam tells her aunt Rebecca about the growth of her congregation and her efforts to raise funds for her synagogue to employ a permanent reader.
Rebecca tells her friend Margaret (Peggy) of life at the Cottage, continues their musings about married life and mentions 4th of July celebrations in Baltimore.
Rebecca, with a note from Becky Hamilton [O'Beirne], writes to her friend Harriet about a city-wide sickness in Baltimore, her sister's distressed mental health following the death of her daughter, and musings prompted by the moral dilemmas in the novel, St. Leon: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century (1799).
After a visit from her brother Ben in Philadelphia, Rebecca thanks him for informing her of his safe return to Lexington. She also updates him on the health of family members.
Rebecca continues to persuade her sister-in-law Maria to visit Philadelphia after the death of her eldest son, Benjamin. She also informs her of the marriage of Ben Etting, her nephew, to Harriet Marx Etting.