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Rebecca Gratz Correspondence
Rebecca writes to her sister-in-law Maria inquiring about her prenatal health and provides updates on recent literature, travels, and business of family and friends.
Rebecca Gratz Correspondence
Rebecca tells her sister-in-law Maria about the upcoming wedding of her niece, Miriam, and updates her on the health and education of family and friends.
Rebecca Gratz Correspondence
Rebecca continues to worry about the well-being of her sister-in-law Maria and her journey back to Kentucky. She also shares updates on the health and travel of family and friends.
Rebecca Gratz Correspondence
Rebecca congratulates her sister-in-law Maria on the birth of her unnamed son. She also gives health and travel updates on family and friends.
Rebecca Gratz Correspondence
Following Nat Turner's Rebellion and the subsequent racial violence in Virgina, Rebecca writes to her sister-in-law Maria about the immorality of murdering innocent Black people, and expresses her belief that Maria could be an advocate for them, despite being a slaveholder.
Rebecca Gratz Correspondence
Rebecca updates her sister-in-law Maria on her nephew's mental illness, the blossoming social scene in Philadelphia, and shares her thoughts on Napoleon.
Rebecca Gratz Correspondence
Rebecca updates her sister-in-law Maria about the family's recovery from varioloid. While discussing Isaac Leeser's latest publication and relating a Jewish acquaintance's efforts to strengthen the Jewish faith, she expresses her belief that God accepts all faiths.
Rebecca Gratz Correspondence
Rebecca updates her sister-in-law Maria on events among family and friends that happened since the latter's departure from Philadelphia.
Rebecca Gratz Correspondence
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 Gratz Correspondence
Rebecca updates her sister-in-law Maria on the health of her niece Harriet Etting and her newborn son, comments on the personality of the actor Fanny Kemble, and relates the death of her young orphaned cousin.
