Rebecca Gratz to Benjamin Gratz - August 03, 1820

Rebecca updates her niece Miriam on the health and travels of family and friends. She also asks if Miriam will accompany her husband to the presidential inauguration in Washington.

Rebecca tells her sister-in-law Ann about the death of her niece Isabella Etting and that her niece Sara moved to Philadelphia to be near her mother after the death of her sisters Rosa and Ellen.

After the recent deaths of her brother Jo and sister Richea, Rebecca writes to her sister-in-law Ann, deeply mourning her losses and reflecting on the death of her brother Jacob.

Writing to her aunt Rebecca, Miriam continues to worry about her uncle Ben and his sons after the death of Maria Gist Gratz. She also comments on the literature she is reading and updates her on the health and travels of family and friends.

A thank you letter from Justine Volkman to Dr. Wiesel, expressing profound gratitude for his inspiring words on education, delivered to a group of presidential scholars. Volkman details her personal journey of realizing the importance of making a life over just making a living, a discovery she made while studying marketing. She informs Dr. Wiesel of her acceptance into Teach for America and her upcoming role teaching in a low-income school in Kansas City, MO. She attributes his words as a significant source of inspiration for her mission to close the achievement gap and for her future career as an educator, concluding with thanks for his life and legacy.