Rebecca Gratz to Maria Gist Gratz - January 12, [1835]

Rebecca updates her brother Ben on news in the extended family, discusses issues regarding schools and schooling, and recounts Fanny Kemble's family troubles prompting her return to England.

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).

Kitty regales her relative Rebecca with the details of a difficult journey by coach, her visit to see family, and apologizes for not writing sooner.

Miriam tells her aunt Rebecca about the complicated administrative and financial issues at her synagogue and comments on other religious writings.

Sarah (Sally) writes to her cousin Rebecca about news concerning the health and movement of family and friends.