Rebecca Gratz and Hyman Gratz to Maria Gist Gratz and Benjamin Gratz - July 01, 1829
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Rebecca updates her sister-in-law Maria on the health of her niece Harriet Etting and her newborn son, comments on the personality of the actor Fanny Kemble, and relates the death of her young orphaned cousin.
Margaret (Peggy) talks of her boredom and loneliness in Lamberton and asks her friend Rebecca to visit.
Writing amidst the Cholera epidemic, Rebecca tries to alleviate her sister-in-law Maria's fears and shares advice on diet, including a recipe for rice pudding. She also tells of the dramatic circumstances under which an acquaintance gave birth.
Gertrude sends condolences in the form of a poem to her friends Sarah and Rebecca for their mother's death.
Rebecca informs her sister-in-law Maria of the latest novel she is sending and updates her on the health of family members and her brothers' involvement with the general election.