Rebecca Gratz to Benjamin Gratz - August 03, 1820

Rebecca writes to her brother Ben, expressing excitement over his potential visit, and tells him of plans to sell her current house. She also gives him updates on the health and travels of family and friends.

Miriam writes to her aunt Rebecca, telling her of the recent visitors to her home and the logistics to her upcoming trip to see family in the North.

Rebecca tells her friend Maria how much she is missed, inquires about members of her family and discusses the state of the literary journals The Salmagundi and The Port Folio.

Rebecca sends her brother Ben an addition for his library and updates him on the health, travels, and deaths of friends and acquaintances.

Rebecca tells her brother Ben that their nephew, Horace, has left home to pursue a career in iron manufacturing. She also details Horace's heroic preservation efforts during a recent fire.