Slowey Hays to Rebecca Gratz - November 27, 1806

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

Rebecca writes to her brother Ben, giving updates and opinions on the courtships of her nieces and nephews, the health struggles of their brother Jacob, and tells him of the lectures she enjoyed on Jewish history.

Rebecca writes to her sister-in-law Maria, hoping to convince her to travel to Philadelphia after the death of Maria's infant son.

Rebecca tells her sister-in-law about her visit to an elegant reception hosted by the Blight family. She also comments on the latest literature and the precarious state of book publishing in England.

Rebecca writes to her sister-in-law Maria about her nieces and nephews receiving the Smallpox vaccine and reflects on mortality and her grief over the loss of multiple family members in the past.

Author Grace Aguilar thanks Rebecca for the positive appraisal of her book and remarks on her feeling of responsibility to share the words of God.