Rebecca Gratz to Anna Maria Boswell Shelby Gratz - [Spring 1846]
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Rebecca tells her sister-in-law about her visit to an elegant reception hosted by the Blight family. She also comments on the latest literature and the precarious state of book publishing in England.
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Miriam writes to her aunt Rebecca, worrying about the wellbeing of her family after nativist and anti-Catholic riots in Philadelphia.
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