Richea Gratz Etting to Rebecca Gratz - March 01, 1865

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Richea Gratz Etting to Rebecca Gratz

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March 01, 1865

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Rachel Gratz Etting

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Summary

On the occasion of Rebecca's eighty-fourth birthday, her cousin Richea Gratz Etting sends a handkerchief of her late mother.

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Baltimore, MD

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Letter. 1 sheet. No envelope.

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RGC0752

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This document is published with permission from the American Philosophical Society. Contact APS for information about accessing the physical collection. https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/

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Gratz Family Papers, Mss.Ms.Coll.72., American Philosophical Society

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