Margaret (Peggy) Ewing to Rebecca Gratz - September 01, 1805

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Margaret (Peggy) Ewing to Rebecca Gratz

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September 01, 1805

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Margaret (Peggy) Ewing

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Margaret (Peggy) tells her friend Rebecca of her life in the country, her female acquaintances there, and the lack of interesting men.

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Pittstown, NJ

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Letter. 1 sheet.

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RGC0767

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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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