Frances Gratz Etting to Rebecca Gratz - April 11, [18XX]

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Frances Gratz Etting to Rebecca Gratz

Date

April 11, [18XX]

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Frances Gratz Etting

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Summary

Frances aplogizes to her sister Rebecca for her tardy reply due to a toothache and inquires about their sister Rachel's health.

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Baltimore, MD

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Philadelphia, PA

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Letter. 1 sheet.

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RGC0069

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This document is published with permission from the American Philosophical Society. Contact APS for information about accessing the physical collection. https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/

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Gratz Family Papers, Mss.Ms.Coll.72., American Philosophical Society

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