Mary Keene Boswell Riggs and Sara Gratz Moses Joseph to Rebecca Gratz - August 04, 1847
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Mary Keene Boswell Riggs and Sara Gratz Moses Joseph to Rebecca Gratz
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August 04, 1847
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Cape May, NJ
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Saratoga Springs, NY
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Letter. 1 sheet.
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American Philosophical Society
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