Rebecca Gratz to Anna Maria Boswell Shelby Gratz - [February-March 1846]

Writing to her brother Ben, Rebecca expresses her sympathies and sadness over the death of Ben's son, Hyman.

Rebecca tells her future niece-in-law how much the family misses her since her departure from Philadelphia.

Rebecca writes to her niece Miriam in the South that she hopes they will all be able to see each other in Philadelphia after the war and assures her of the family's love for her.

Benjamin tells his sister Rebecca about his visits at some spas and to relatives in New York State.

Rebecca tells her sister-in-law Ann of the death of her niece Sara Mordecai's child, Emma, and gives other updates on the health and travels of family and friends. She also comments on a recent murder committed by Isaac Lafayette Shelby, the grandson of Kentucky's first governor.