Creator Bio
Simon Gratz
1773–1839
Simon Gratz was a successful businessman in Philadelphia. One of his sisters, Richea Gratz, was apparently the first Jewish female student to attend college in the United States.
Content by Simon Gratz
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Letters to Richea Gratz
Lancaster, August 5th 1793
Miss Richea Gratz,
PhiladelphiaThe letter of the 1st instant from my dear sister I now seat myself to accknowledge. Its contents I duly note. The subject it treats on is of…
Miss Richea Gratz,
PhiladelphiaThe letter of the 1st instant from my dear sister I now seat myself to accknowledge. Its contents I duly note. The subject it treats on is of…
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Life Writing: Biography, Autobiography, and Ego Documents
1750–1880
The famous and the obscure, women and men, in epitaphs and private letters, ethical wills, cookbooks, and religious reflections, all reflect aspects of Jewish life in a period of great transition.