Rebecca Gratz to Margaret (Peggy) Ewing - September 19, 1803

Writing to her sister-in-law Ann, Rebecca comments on her newest read, a fictional diary based in the seventeenth century, and tells Ann of her son's visit to their home in Philadelphia.

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 tells her sister-in-law Maria about the aftermath of Yellow Fever in the South and discusses the effects of slavery on rich Southern women.

Despite her general state of concern about the well-being of the family amidst the war, Rebecca expresses her gratitude and appreciation of nature. She also updates her sister-in-law Ann on the health and travels of family and friends.

Rebecca writes to her sister-in-law Maria, remarking on her family's experience with the whooping cough, the removal of a university president, and literature about the ancient Israelites.