Rebecca Gratz to Benjamin Gratz - September 29, 1830

Rebecca informs her friend Maria on the presence of Typhus in Philadelphia and the social activities of friends and relatives.

Rebecca writes to her brother Ben, congratulating him on his newborn son, Hyman Cecil, and updates him on their brothers' health, upcoming plans of family members, and finds fault with a rich businessman's lack of civic engagement.

Rebecca writes to her sister-in-law Maria, discussing the newly published letters of John Randolph, a Virginian politican, and tells of the long romance between two of her acquaintances.

Rebecca writes to her brother Joseph about multiple deaths in their social circle, comments on the American diplomatic efforts with France, and expresses her opinion on various romances among their acquintances.