Rebecca Gratz and Sarah (Sally) Gratz to Joseph Gratz - March 15, 1812
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Rebecca updates her friend Maria on the health of family and friends, relates news on the ongoing war, and comments on the political career of Maria's husband.
Rebecca sends condolences to her brother Ben after the death of his infant child and discusses the public health dangers in Kentucky due to the spread of Cholera.
On the occasion of her brother Simon's illness, Rebecca tells her sister-in-law Maria about the cold reception she had when she visited him. She also updates Maria on various family members. Her brother Hyman adds a note to their brother Ben about business affairs.
Rebecca writes to her brother Ben, urging him to visit in the winter and discusses the health of family members, marriages of their friends, and a dispute between a Scottish professor and a Philadelphia lawyer.
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