Letters of Rebecca Gratz

Download or read book Letters of Rebecca Gratz written by Rebecca Gratz and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unusually extensive picture of the life of a well-to-do single Jewish woman from Philadelphia is presented in the letters of Rebecca Gratz (1781-1869) to her brother and his first and second wives between 1808 and 1866. Gratz's deep-seated affection for her family, her devotion to the Jewish faith, and her unstinting efforts in behalf of charitable and educational enterprises such as the Philadelphia Orphan society and the Hebrew Sunday School Society are all well documented in the correspondence. A discerning observer of the social scene, Gratz furnished her Lexington, Kentucky, relatives with detailed descriptions of events and personalities and supplemented them with her own reflections on the human condition. Her letters also contain her views on social and political issues, current literature, and the experience of growing old.