Gratz Family Papers

Mss.Ms.Coll.72

Date: 1750-1974 | Size: 10.5 Linear feet
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Abstract

A collection of business and personal papers of three generations of the prominent Philadelphia Jewish family from 1750-1974. Business records include trade and land transactions (some in Yiddish) of the Gratz brothers, Barnard and Michael (1750-1804) with the business continued by Michael's sons: Simon, Hyman, Joseph, Jacob, and Benjamin (1791-1861). Personal correspondence are primarily letters to Rebecca Gratz from her sisters Rachel and Sarah (1795-1867) with later correspondence to Rachel's children: Horace and Sara Moses (1832-1879). Contains a small group of French letters related to Napoleon III, collected by family member Miriam Fox, and some heirloom artifacts.

Background note

The Gratz family were important figures in the social, intellectual, and business life of Philadelphia during the Revolutionary and early national period, and were central figures in the Jewish community. Barnard (1738-1801) and Michael Gratz (1740-1811), emigrants from Silesia to Philadelphia, were business partners with extensive interests in coastal shipping and western trade, and actively supported America's independence. Michael's daughter, Rebecca (1781-1869), became arguably the most famous member of the family through her philanthropic activities, helping to found the Philadelphia Orphan Society (1815), the Hebrew Sunday School Society (1838), and supporting many other causes.

Scope and content

A small collection of business and personal correspondence that reflects the life and times of a Jewish family living in Philadelphia during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The letters present the business, cultural and private lives of three generations of Gratz family members. Organized by recipient, the bulk of the papers range from 1750, with the start of the family trade business in colonial America, to 1879, and the new social, religious and cultural institutions founded by the family in the new nation.

The papers (20 boxes; 10.5 linear feet) are divided into seven series:

Series I. Barnard and Michael Gratz 1750-1804 2 lin. ft.

Series II. Simon, Hyman, Joseph, Jacob, Benjamin Gratz 1791-1861 1.5 lin. ft.

Series III. Rebecca Gratz 1795-1867 2.5 lin. ft.

Series IV. Rachel Gratz Moses 1797-1879 0.5 lin. ft.

Series V. Sarah Gratz 1800-1808 4 folders

Series VI. Miscellaneous 1786-1974 2.5 lin. ft.

Series VII. Artifacts 1805-1900 0.5 lin. ft.

One Oversize flat box--files from all 7 Series 1 lin. ft.

Digital objects note

This collection contains digital materials that are available in the APS Digital Library. Links to these materials are provided with context in the inventory of this finding aid. A general listing of digital objects may also be found here.

Collection Information

Provenance

Gift of Sara McColl and Henry Joseph, 1992.

Processing information

Except where noted, each family member named series are recipients of the filed correspondence. Some of the women's correspondence are filed by maiden and married surnames.

Bibliography

Ashton, Dianne. Rebecca Gratz: Women and Judaism in Antebellum America (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1997) Call no. B G77a

Rosenbloom, Joseph R. A Biographical Dictionary of Early American Jews: Colonial Times through 1800. ([Lexington]: University of Kentucky Press, 1960) Call no. 922.96 R72b

Indexing Terms


Genre(s)

  • Art
  • Business Records and Accounts
  • Correspondence.
  • Family Correspondence
  • General Correspondence
  • Legal Records
  • Literature
  • Official Government Documents and Records
  • Political Correspondence
  • Sketchbooks
  • Travel Narratives and Journals

Personal Name(s)

  • Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848
  • Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836
  • Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
  • Croghan, George
  • Etting, Frances Gratz, 1771-1852
  • Eugénie, Empress, consort of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1826-1920
  • Fenno, Maria
  • Franks, David
  • Gratz, Barnard, 1738-1801
  • Gratz, Benjamin, 1792-1884
  • Gratz, Hyman, 1776-1857
  • Gratz, Jacob, 1789-1856
  • Gratz, Joseph, 1785-1858
  • Gratz, Michael, 1740-1811
  • Gratz, Miriam Simon, 1749-1808
  • Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
  • Gratz, Sarah, 1779-1817
  • Gratz, Simon, 1773-1839
  • Hays, Richea Gratz, 1774-1858
  • Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
  • Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
  • Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1768-1844
  • Joseph, Sarah Gratz Moses
  • Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893
  • Moses, Horace, 1820-1893
  • Moses, Isaac, 1742-1818
  • Moses, Rachel Gratz, 1783-1823
  • Moses, Solomon, 1774-1857
  • Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873
  • Nathan, Rebecca Gratz Moses, 1810-1891
  • Rodman, Harriet Fenno, 1782-1808
  • Simon, Joseph
  • Simon, Joseph, 1785-1858

Subject(s)

  • American Revolution
  • Business and Skilled Trades
  • Colonial Politics
  • Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
  • Early National Politics
  • Female Hebrew Benevolent Society (Philadelphia, Pa.)
  • Hebrew Sunday School Society of Philadelphia (Pa.)
  • International Trade.
  • Land and Speculation
  • Land speculation
  • Literature, Arts, and Culture
  • Marriage and Family Life
  • Orphan Society of Philadelphia (Pa.)
  • Pennsylvania History
  • Philanthropy
  • Religion
  • Social Life and Custom
  • Surveying and Maps
  • Trade
  • Travel
  • Women's History


Detailed Inventory

 Series I. Barnard and Michael Gratz
1750-1804 

Abstract: The Gratz brothers were among the most prominent traders in colonial, revolutionary and republic Philadelphia. This series reflects much of their business and its changing nature, moving from a merchant firm to one speculating in Pennsylvania and western lands. The business transactions include Indian trade, especially around Fort Pitt and Illinois country. With some correspondence in Yiddish, areas covered include land sold in Mifflin and Lancaster County, economic conditions, legal entanglements, and the establishment of a Jewish congregation in Philadelphia. Also includes land surveys, trade lists and accounts, with a small series of letters to Mrs. Michael Gratz (Miriam Simon) primarily from her children.

Background note: In 1768, Barnard Gratz (1738-1801) and Michael Gratz (1740-1811), brothers born in Langendorf, Upper Silesia, Germany, became business partners in a company called B. & M. Gratz in Philadelphia. They were business associates of their cousins Solomon Henry and Jacob Henry in London. The brothers acted as purchasing and sales agents for Joseph Simon (ca. 1712-1804) in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and entered partnerships with George Croghan (d.1782) and William Trent (1715-1787) in land speculation and fur and Indian trading in central Pennsylvania. Both signed the Philadelphia Non-importation Resolutions adopted on October 2, 1765 and took the oath of allegiance to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and to the United States as a free nation, on November 7, 1777. Barnard Gratz married Richea Myers-Cohen in 1760. They had two children: Rachel (1764-1831), who married Solomon Etting of Baltimore, and Fanny who died with her mother in child birth. He did not remarry. Michael Gratz married Miriam Simon (1749-1808), a daughter of Joseph Simon. The couple had twelve children, ten of whom lived to adulthood. They include: Solomon (1770-1774), Frances (1771-1852) married Reuban Etting (1762-1848), Simon (1773-1839) married Mary Smith, Richea (1774-1858) married Samuel Hays (1764-1839), Hyman (1776-1857), Sarah (1779-1817), Rebecca (1781-1869), Rachel (1783-1823) married Solomon Moses (1774-1857), Joseph (1785-1858), Jonathan (died young), Jacob (1789-1856), and Benjamin (1792-1884) married Maria Cecil Gist in 1819, and Anna M. Boswell Shelby in 1843. The brothers helped establish the Congregation of Philadelphia Jews, which in 1782 became the Congregation Mikveh Israel.

 Business Records
1750-1804 
 Abraham, Alexander
1776-1777 

Exchange of goods and services.

 Act
1797 March 10 

An act to afford relief to Washington Academy in the county of Washington.

 Address book
1756 

Names with account information.

 Anderson, G.
1784 April 18 
 Anderson, M.
1779 November 6 

Purchase of leather.

 Bank of Pennsylvania
1780 

Excerpt on the establishment of the Bank of Pennsylvania, taken from Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania, vol. 2, p.259. Copied by Horace Moses, September 17, 1848.

 Barr, Robert
1785-1792 

Lexington tract.

 Beall, Isaac and Company
1779 June 3 
 Bodley, Thomas
1801-1803 

Receipts of payments for land to Michael, Simon, Hyman Gratz and Joseph Simon.

 Chancery suit
1784-1786 
 Clara, Benjamin M.
Undated 
 Clark, Alexander Abrahams
1776 
 Clark, John
1774-1792 See also, Oversize Box 1--Basement.
 Cohen, Solomon Myers
1779-1789 
 Craig, John
1784 Oversize--Basement.
 Croghan, George
1762-1784 
 Dabnee, Cornelius
1779 June 18 
 Deeds
1774-1793 See Extra Oversize folder--Basement.
 DuVal, William
1794-1796 
 Elizer, Isaac
1768-1771 

Account.

 Elliot, James
1772 August 10 
 Etting, Rachel
1792, 1796 

Barnard's daughter.

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 Etting, Simon
1789 October 11 

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 Etting, Solomon
1784-1797 See also, Oversize Box 1--Basement.

Barnard's son-in-law.

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 Franks, David
1750-1785 

Account of Franks and Company.

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 Franks, Moses
1770-1789 
 Frazier, Hugh
1794 

Land agreement with Elisha Graham.

 Gibson, John
1777 
 Goodwin, Thomas
1794 See Oversize Box 1--Basement
 Gratz, Barnard to Michael Gratz
1766-1770 See also, Oversize--Basement.

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 Gratz, Barnard to Michael Gratz
1771-1775 See also, Oversize Box 1--Basement.

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 Gratz, Barnard to Michael Gratz
1776-1779 See also, Oversize--Basement.

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 Gratz, Barnard to Michael Gratz
1780-1784 See also, Oversize--Basement.

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 Gratz, Barnard to Michael Gratz
1785-1795 See also, Oversize box 1--Basement.

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 ______ to Barnard Gratz
1760-1794, undated 
 ______ to Barnard and Michael Gratz
Undated 

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 Gratz, Michael to Barnard Gratz
1763-1776 See also, Oversize box 1--Basement.

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 Gratz, Michael to Barnard Gratz
1777-1789 
 Gratz, Michael to Barnard Gratz
1791-1794 
 ______ to Michael Gratz
1768-1793, undated 
 Gratz, Rachel
1790 December 18 

Barnard's daughter.

 Gratz, Simon
1795-1796 
 Guillian, Robert
1787 July 16 
 Harris, James
1762 
 Hays, Christopher
1786, 1792 
 Hays, Moses M.
1768-1791 
 Hendricks, James
1779 September 9 
 Henry, Solomon
1758, 1766-1789, undated 
 Hourton, James
1789 February 18 
 Illinois and Wabash
1773, 1779 

Regarding the lands of the United Companies of the Illinois and Wabash, Native American nations.

 Illinois country
1773 See Oversize--Basement.

Subscriptions for land purchased from Native Americans.

 Jacobs, Jesse
1766 
 Jewish Congregation of Philadelphia
1782 
 Josephson, Manuel
1761-1770 
 Judaeorum Statu
Undated 
 Land agreements
1769-1796, undated See also, Oversize box 1--Basement.
 Land sold
1788 Oversize box 1--Basement.
 Land surveys
1774-1805, undated See also, Oversize box 1--Basement.
 Lawrence, John
1789-1795 
 Leikas, Benjamin
1795 February 15 
 Leipare, Garshom
1773-1774 
 Levy, Aaron
1781-1795 
 Levy, Abraham and Ezekiel
1776 June 18 

Contract for Ezekiel to teach Hebrew to children for the Jewish Society.

 Levy, Andrew
1766-1793 See also, Oversize box 1--Basement.
 Levy, E.
1791 November 27 
 Levy, Mordecai
1786 October 1 
 Levy, Simon
1780 December 20 
 Lists
1767-1796, undated See also, Oversize box 1--Basement.

Accounts of customers.

 Map
Undated 

Property of Joseph Wharton and Governor Franklin.

 Marks, Henry
1780, 1786 
 Mary and Fanny (Sloop)
1776-1778 
 Maund, John James
1793 December 13 Box 1 Oversize
Oversize--Basement.
 Mifflin County
1792-1794 
 Mikveh Israel Synagogue
1784 March 14 
 Miscellaneous
1759-1799, undated 
 Morgan, George
1768 
 Morton, William
1792, 1794 
 Moses, Isaac
1778-1795 

Related material: See also, Series VI. Miscellaneous--Papers.

 Murphy, Edward
1769 February 9 
 Murray, William
1773-1787 See also, Oversize box 1--Basement.
 Myers, Israel
1779 September 28 
 Myers, John
1786 June 18 
 Myers, Joseph
1779, 1781 See also, Oversize box 1--Basement.
 Myers, Myer
1766 November 23 
 Myers, Moses and Samuel
1783-1785 
 Myers, Solomon
1776-1786 
 N. Low Bard and Company
1795 
 Nailen, Ralph
1776 January 22 
 Nilson, George
1794 July 17 
 Notes on judgements
1786-1795 
 Philadelphia merchants
Undated 

Financial contributors to the American Revolution.

 Phillips, Levy
1784 November 20 
 Randolph, Edmond
1785 
 Receipts
1750-1784 See also, Oversize box 1--Basement.
 Receipts
1785-1804, undated See also Oversize box 1 box
 Rice, Patrick
1779, 1786 
 Ronald, Andrew
1786-1792 
 Ryan, Derry
1795-1796 
 Sampson, ______
1766 February 20 
 Samuel, Hyman to Aaron Alexander
1791 
 Schenk, Abraham
1772 August 4 
 Schuyler, _____
1792 November 12 
 Shipping
1770-1791 
 Simon, Joseph
1766-1776 See also, Oversize box 1--Basement.

Michael's father-in-law.

 Simon, Joseph
1777-1794, undated See also, Oversize box 1--Basement.
 Simpson, Edward
1780-1781 
 Smith, Daniel
1795 March 22 
 Smith, Johnston
1779 May 16 
 Solomon, Joseph
Undated 
 Spear, Joseph
1765, 1772 
 Steel, D.
1787 August 17 
 Trent, William
1776, 1789 
 Unidentified
1763-1791, undated 
 Waln, Nicholas
1787 
 Washington, Bushard
1791 November 16 
 Webb, Thomas and Company
1779 
 Westfall, Abel
1781-1793 
 Wulf, Isaac
Undated 
 Miriam Simon Gratz
1771-1808 
 Etting, Frances Gratz
1789-1802, undated 

Daughter.

 Etting, Rachel
1792 January 8 
 Etting, Reuben
1800 January 28 

Son-in-law.

 Gratz, Barnard
1797 June 5 

Brother-in-law.

 Gratz, Michael
1771-1779, 1793 

Husband.

 Gratz, Rachel and Solomon Etting
1795 February 8 
 Gratz, Rachel
Undated 

Niece.

 Gratz, Rebecca
1797-1808, undated 

Daughter.

 Gratz, Rebecca, Rachel, Sarah
Undated 

Daughters.

 Gratz, Rebecca, Rachel, Sarah, and Solomon Moses
1806 June 25 
 Gratz, Rebecca and Sarah
1798 July 20 

Daughters.

 Gratz, Sarah
1800 December 18 

Daughter.

 Gratz, Simon
1795-1796 

Son.

 Joseph, Rebecca G.
Undated 

Granddaughter.

 Moses, Rachel Gratz
1804-1806, undated 

Daughter.

 Schuyler, Shinah
1789, 1796-1799, undated See also, Oversize box 1--Basement.

Sister.

 Simon, Rose, Shinah Schuyler, Hyman Gratz
Undated 
 Series II. Simon, Hyman, Joseph, Jacob, Benjamin Gratz
1791-1861 

Abstract: Both personal and business papers of Michael Gratz five sons. Simon and Hyman Gratz inherited their father's and uncle's business, of which, some aspect, eventually, included all of the brothers. Dated from 1781-1861, most are related to land, business and legal affairs, with land surveys. Of note, letters from Joseph to Simon on a merchant trade trip to Europe in 1810, a series of letters from Simon to Benjamin in 1827, and executor documents pertaining to their father's estate.

Background note: Simon Gratz (1773-1839) a merchant, with his business partner and brother Hyman, took over their father's and uncle's business, B & M Gratz, in 1798. The firm continued trading with the Indians and speculating lands westward, particularly along the Ohio River and in Kentucky. With lands inherited from Aaron Levy, Simon laid out the town of Gratz, Pennsylvania in 1805. He speculated in coal-rich land in Bear Gap in 1825. An active philanthropist, he was one of the founders of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, a director of the Pennsylvania Botanical Garden, and a trustee of Congregation Mikveh Israel. Married to Mary Smith, they had eight children, four lived to adulthood. Hyman Gratz (1776-1857), merchant and philanthropist, started his business career in 1798 as a partner with his brother Simon in the family firm. He later turned his attention to the insurance business and banking. Also with his brother Simon, he was one of founders of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He was the manager of the Jewish Publication Society and treasurer (1824-1856) of the Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia. His deed of trust in 1856, later established a Hebrew teaching school which became Gratz College. He remained unmarried. Joseph Gratz (1785-1858) and his brother Jacob Gratz (1789-1856) continued the management of the family business of land speculating, coastal shipping, and dry good supplies as their older brothers, Simon and Hyman, took to other business ventures. Each brother also served on the board of directors of the Philadelphia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb. Joseph and his sister Rebecca were particular friends of the author Washington Irving. These brothers remained unmarried. Benjamin Gratz (1792-1884), the youngest of Michael and Miriam Gratz children, was one of the first Jewish settlers in Kentucky. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, his knowledge of the law helped protect his family's business interests. He was a close friend of Henry Clay into whose family his daughter Anna married. His first wife was Maria Cecil Gist. They had six children, three lived to adulthood. Benjamin's second wife was Anna Maria Boswell Shelby. They had three children, two lived to adulthood.

 Papers
1791-1860 
 Adriansen, John Jacob to Simon Gratz
1810 July 16 
 Athenaeum of Philadelphia to Benjamin Gratz
1819 February 1 
 Bank of the United States to Jacob Gratz
1841 January 15 
 Bermerke, L. to Joseph Gratz
1810 October 27 
 Biddle, George W. to Joseph Gratz Estate
1860 June 25 
 Chancellor, Henry to Joseph Gratz
1838 April 24 
 Clay, Henry to Hyman Gratz
1833 July 27 
 Clay, Henry to Jacob Gratz
1834 December 21 
 Cohen, Solomon to Joseph Gratz
1851 April 
 Gratz, Benjamin to Jacob Gratz
1827-1828 
 Gratz, Benjamin to ______
1827 November 27 
 Gratz, Hyman to Laura H. Gratz
1864 June 3 
 Gratz, Jacob to Joseph Gratz
1810-1811 See also, Oversize box 1--Basement
 ______ to Jacob Gratz
1848 March 2 
 Gratz, Joseph to Jacob Gratz
1841 
 Gratz, Joseph and Horace Moses to Jacob Gratz
1827 May 1 
 Gratz, Joseph to Simon Gratz
1810 May-July Box 1 Oversize
See also, Oversize--Basement
 Gratz, Joseph to Simon Gratz
1810 August-September See also, Oversize--Basement
 Gratz, Joseph to Simon Gratz
1810 October- December 
 Gratz, Joseph to Simon Gratz
1811-1812 
 Gratz, Joseph to Simon Gratz
Undated 
 Gratz, Joseph--Will
1858 November 1 
 Gratz, Michael to Simon Gratz
1791 September 1 
 Gratz, Rebecca to Joseph Gratz
1806-1814 
 Gratz, Simon to Solomon Etting
1810 January 15 
 Gratz, Simon to Benjamin Gratz
1827 January-September 
 Gratz, Simon to Benjamin Gratz
1827 October-November 

Benjamin Gratz to Jacob Gratz

 Gratz, Simon to Jacob Gratz
1840 July 29 
 Irving, Washington to Joseph Gratz
1806, 1808 
 Lawrey, J.A. to Jacob Gratz
1841 January 19 
 Leeser, Isaac to Jacob Gratz
1830 May 13 
 Moses, Isaac and Sons to Simon Gratz
1810 January 12 
 Murat, Caroline to Joseph Gratz
1839 April 24 Box 1 Oversize
Oversize box 1--Basement

Uncle.

 Phillips, Lawrence and Sons to Joseph Gratz
1840 December 3 
 Quay, Joseph F. to Jacob Gratz
1848, 1849 
 Randle, J. to Henry Clay
1841 February 22 

Regarding Jacob Gratz.

 Stewart, Andrew to Joseph Gratz
1839 
 Vaughan, Mr. to Mr. Gratz
1838 January 12 
 Vinsent, James to Hyman Gratz
1819 January 25 
 Wickliffe, Robert to Hyman Gratz
1808 May 15 
 Business Records
1796-1864 
 Abeel, James
Undated Box 2 Oversize
Oversize--Basement
 Act
1839 March 22 

To incorporate the Allegheny and Bald Eagle Railroad Coal and Iron Company.

 Active (Ship)
1800-1810 
 Akerman, J.A.
1810 
 American Insurance Company
1817-1818 See also, Oversize--Basement
 Bank of South Carolina vs. Isaac Phillips and Joseph Moses
1837 March 
 Baring Brothers
1810-1811 
 Barr, Robert
1818 

... vs. the heirs of Michael Gratz, dec'd. Supreme Court of the United States, February term.

 Brushear vs. Michael Gratz heirs
1819 June 3 
 Chauncey, Charles and Horace Binney
1827-1830 
 Checks
1813-1856 
 Croghan Land Judgement
1800-1816, 1828-1838 

Extracts of letters from Simon Gratz showing that he considered the judgement in Croghan and the lands purchased under it, as his own.

 Deeds
1810-1858 See also, Oversize box 2--Basement
 Dillingham, William
1840 
 Edminston, Samuel
1845 
 Fayette County
1807-1814 
 Frye, Jacob
1848 June 28 
 Gilliland, James
1846 
 Goodwin, Thomas and Stevenson
1816 
 Goodwin, Thomas and Stevenson
1817 
 Goodwin, Thomas and Stevenson
1818, undated 
 Gratz, Benjamin
1819-1828 Oversize box 2--Basement
 Gratz, Joseph
1858, undated 

List of Doctors visits; appraisal of furnishings.

 Gratz, Michael -- Estate
1817-1845 
 Gratz, Sally
1839 
 Gratz vs. Benner
1825 
 Holmes, H.
1799 October 30 
 Huntingdon County
1840 April 1 
 Land sold
1808-1811, 1821-1830 See also, Oversize box 2--Basement
 Land sold
1832-1859 See also Oversize
 Land surveys
1803-1851, undated See also, Oversize box 2 and extra oversize folder--Basement
 Lexington tract
1808-1814, undated 
 Lists
1806-1855 See also, Oversize box 2--Basement
 Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
1823 
 Miller vs. Gratz
1838-1844 
 Miller vs. McKean
1845 
 Miller vs. Samuels
1847 December 
 Miscellaneous
1810-1856 
 Mitchell, N.J.
1824, 1856-1857 
 Moore, Clark and Company
1818 Box 2 Oversize
See also, Oversize--Basement
 Morton, William
1803-1806 See also, Oversize box 2--Basement
 Parish and Company
1810 February-August 
 Parish and Company
1810 September-December 
 Parish and Company
1811 February-August, undated 
 Pendens, Lis
1848 
 Pennsylvania Company for Insurance...
1856 December 18 Oversize--Basement
 Petitions
1837-1842 
 Phillips, Isaac and Samuel
1844-1847 
 Purdue, Edward
1822 
 Quay, J.T.
1844 October 19 
 Receipts
1796-1864, undated See also Oversize box 2--Basement
 Receipts (in packets)
1818-1820 
 Rosalie (Ship)
1817-1818 
 Shipping permits
1810 
 Spring Township
1805, 1823 
 Steele, John
1818 
 Stewart, Andrew
1836, 1839 See also, Oversize box 2--Basement
 Teal, Peter and Harriet
1857-1861 
 Thomas, William A.
1857 February 12 
 Wallis, Samuel
1854 

Heirs of.

 Wilkins, Charles
1807-1813 
 Series III. Rebecca Gratz
1795-1867 

Abstract: Personal correspondence to Rebecca Gratz, seventh child of Michael and Miriam Gratz, from her sisters, in-laws, nieces, nephews, and friends from 1795-1867. Contains letters with descriptions of social activities of family members and their personal views on events of the day. The correspondents are primarily women, particularly her sisters Rachel and Sarah, her long-time friend Maria Fenno, and her nieces Rebecca G. Moses Nathan and Sara G. Moses Joseph.

Background note: Rebecca Gratz (1781-1869), educator and philanthropist, was an advocate for the welfare and religious education of the young. Instrumental in the founding of the Philadelphia Orphan Society in 1815, she served as its secretary to the board of managers for forty years. She aided in the foundation of the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society in 1819, and in 1838, she instituted the Hebrew Sunday School, a model for Jewish education in America, serving as its president till 1864. A prolific letter writer, she was friendly with many literary figures, particularly Washington Irving. Though never married, she cared for her unmarried siblings and her sister, Rachel Gratz Moses, children.

 Papers
1795-1867 
 Aguilar, Grace
1842 August 14 
 Allen, Lewis
1841 October 11 
 Allen, Lewis
1841 October 

Rebecca Gratz to...

 Blair, F.P.
1841-1842 
 Bodley, Sara G.
1857 June 2 
 Boswell, Mary
1844-1846 
 Boswell, Mary and Benjamin Gratz
1844 April 30 
 Boswell, Mary and Sara G. Joseph
1847 August 4 
 Boswell, Mary and Sara G. Moses
1847 August 8 
 Brown, Mason
1839 January 10 
 Caroline
Undated 

Cousin.

 Chonteau, Julia
Undated 
 Cohen Children
1857 September 23 

Rebecca Gratz to...

 Cohen, Elkalah
1858 
 Cohen, Miriam G.
1838-1854 

Niece.

 Cohen, Miriam G.
1855-1866 
 Cohen, Miriam G.
1857, 1862 

Rebecca Gratz to...

 Cohen, Sally M.
1797-1835, undated 
 Cohen, Sally M. and Sarah Gratz
1808 May 15 
 Cohen, Solomon
1834, 1851, 1861 
 Cohen, Solomon and Miriam G. Cohen
1861 January 7 

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 Crittenden, K.
1836 December 5 
 Eckard, R.
Undated 
 Eckard, S.R.
1865 December 4 
 Edgeworth, Maria
1839-1840 
 Edgeworth, Maria
Undated 

Rebecca Gratz to...

 Ellet, E.F.
Undated 
 Ellet, E.F.
Undated 

Rebecca Gratz to...

 Etting, Charles E.
1861 July 14 
 Etting, Ellen Hays
1856? 

Niece.

 Etting, Frances Gratz
1799-1803, undated 

Sister.

 Etting, Gratz
1828 November 8 
 Etting, Josephine
1856-1858, undated 
 Etting, Kitty
1797 June 
 Etting, Miriam G.
1835 August 24 
 Etting, Rachel Gratz
1809-1865, undated 

Cousin.

 Etting, Rachel and Richea Etting
1809-1816, undated 
 Etting, Rachel and Solomon Etting
1809 
 Etting, Richea
1820-1822, undated 
 Etting, Sally
1796 June 21 
 Etting, Shinah
Undated 
 Ewing, Margaret
1803-1808, undated 
 Ewing, Margaret
1803-1809, undated 

Rebecca Gratz to...

 Ewing, Samuel
1803, undated 
 Fisher, Sarah W.
1864 October 5 
 Fenno, George
Undated 
 Fenno, Harriet
1799-1800, undated 
 Fenno, Maria
1795-1799 

Friend.

 Fenno, Maria
1800 January-August 
 Fenno, Maria
1800 September-December 
 Fenno, Maria
1801 January-June 
 Fenno, Maria
1801 July-December 
 Fenno, Maria
1802 
 Fenno, Mary Elizabeth
1802-1809 See also, Oversize box 2--Basement
 Fox, Marian
1862 October 11 
 Fox, Mary D.
1856, undated 
 Gilpin, Eliza
Undated 
 Gratz, Anna
1862-1863 

Niece.

 Gratz, Anna Maria
1844-1847 

Mrs. Benjamin Gratz.

 Gratz, Anna Maria
1862-1866 

Mrs. Benjamin Gratz.

 Gratz, Barnard
1797 November 5 

Uncle.

 Gratz, Benjamin
1817-1830 

Brother.

 Gratz, Benjamin
1844-1860, undated 

Brother.

 Gratz, H.H.
1845-1846 

Niece.

 Gratz, Hyman
1804-1856 

Brother.

 Gratz, Hyman
1835 September 15 

To Rebecca and Benjamin

 Gratz, Hyman
1812 

To the Misses Gratz.

 Gratz, Jacob
1815-1856, undated 

Brother.

 Gratz, Joseph
1810-1855, undated 

Brother.

 Gratz, Joseph
1810-1820, undated 

To the Misses Gratz.

 Gratz, M.C.
1857-1858 

Mrs. H.H. Gratz

 Gratz, Miriam
1862 

Niece.

 Gratz, Miriam Simon
1797 June 8 

Mother.

 Gratz, Miriam Simon and Richea Gratz Hays
1797 June 18 

Mother and Sister.

 Gratz, Miriam Simon and Sarah Gratz
1798, 1808 

Mother and Sister.

 Gratz, Rachel
1798-1799 

Sister.

 Gratz, Rachel
1800 
 Gratz, Rachel
1802-1805 
 Gratz, Rachel
1806-1808, undated 
 Gratz, Rachel and Maria Fenno
1806 December 7 

Sister and Friend.

 Gratz, Rachel and Miriam Simon Gratz
1799 February 24 

Sister and Mother.

 Gratz, Rachel and M.F. Hoffman
Undated 
 Gratz, Rachel and Solomon Moses
1809 September 8 

Sister and Brother-in-law.

 Gratz, Sarah
1797-1799 

Sister.

 Gratz, Sarah
1800-1806 
 Gratz, Sarah
1807 
 Gratz, Sarah
1808 
 Gratz, Sarah
1810, undated 
 Gratz, Sarah
1807 July 1 

To Rebecca; Rachel Gratz Moses to Miriam Simon Gratz.

 Hall, John E.
1806-1808 
 Hall, S.
1819 
 Hart, L.B.
1864, undated 

Rebecca Gratz to...

 Hart, Louisa B.
1864 March 4 
 Hays, Catherine and Slowey
1812-1822, undated 
 Hays, Ellen
1818-1821 

Niece.

 Hays, I.M.
1835 June 29 

Niece.

 Hays, Richea Gratz
1797-1847 

Sister.

 Hays, Richea Gratz and Ellen Hays Etting
1844 June 17 
 Hays, Richea Gratz and Sarah Gratz
1798 September 5 

Sisters.

 Hays, Richea Gratz and Rosa Marx
1844-1847 
 Hays, Richea Gratz and Sara G. Mordecai
1847 August 5 
 Hays, Rosa
1835 August 2 

Niece.

 Hays, Slowey
1812-1832 
 Hays, Slowey and Catherine
1828 October 20 
 Hays, Slowey and Helen
1812 October 6 
 Hodge, P.G.A.
Undated 
 Hoffman, Ann
1804-1809 
 Hoffman, Joseph Ogden
1804-1806 
 Hoffman, Julia
1837-1856 
 Hoffman, Maria
1803-1809 
 Hoffman, P.N.
Undated 
 Hopkinson, E.
Undated 
 Hopkinson, Joseph
1808 February 6 
 Irving, Washington
1807 November 4 

Newspaper clipping, regarding Thomas Sully.

 Jewish Foster Home
1866 

Evelyn Bomeister.

 Jewish Sunday School
1862 March 4 

Rebecca Gratz to...

 Joseph, Lizzie Lee
Undated 
 Joseph, Sara G.
1850-1857 

Niece.

 Joseph, Sara G.
1858-1862 
 Joseph, Sara G.
1867-1868 

To Rebecca Gratz and Horace Moses.

 Joseph, Sara G.
1863-1867, undated 
 Kemble, Fanny
1846-1858, undated 

Actress.

 Lee, Elizabeth B.
1849-1864, undated 

Niece.

 Lesser, Isaac
1822, 1856 
 Levy, M.E.
1852 May 5 
 Levy, Richea
1810-1820 
 Marx, Rosa
1836 June 24 
 Meredith, Gertrude G.
1805, undated 
 Meredith, Miriam G.
1841, 1864 
 Meredith, Mrs.
1806-1813, undated 
 Mordecai, Laura
1860 September 23 
 Mordecai, Miriam
Undated 
 Moses, Gratzio A.
1856, 1865 
 Moses, Horace
1846 
 Moses, Mary
1856 

Niece.

 Moses, Mary Ashe
Undated 
 Moses, Miriam G.
1829, 1835, 1859 
 Moses, Miriam and Rebecca
Undated 

Nieces.

 Moses, Rachel Gratz
1807-1808 

Sister.

 Moses, Rachel Gratz
1809 
 Moses, Rachel Gratz
1810-1817 
 Moses, Rachel Gratz
1818-1819, undated 
 Moses, Rachel Gratz and Sally M. Cohen
1808, undated 
 Moses, Rachel Gratz and Solomon Moses
1807 July 12 

Sister and Brother-in-law.

 Moses, Sara Gratz
1836-1846 

Niece.

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 Moses, Sara Gratz
1847, 1855 
 Moses, Solomon
1809-1810; 1855-1857 

Brother-in-law.

 Moses, Solomon and Sarah Gratz
1807 June 30 
 My dear aunt
Undated 

______ to ...

 Myers, Adeline
1819-1826, undated 
 Myers, J.
1835 March 22 
 Myers, L.
1810 September 17 
 Nathan, Gratz
1863 
 Nathan, Jonathan
1862 February 26 
 Nathan, Rachel G. and Rebecca G.`
1861 
 Nathan, Rebecca G.
1841-1857 

Niece.

 Nathan, Rebecca G.
1860-1861 
 Nathan, Rebecca G.
1862-1863 
 Nathan, Rebecca G.
1864, undated 
 Newlin, Anna P.
1861 May 1 
 Nicholas, Charles J.
1806 
 Ogden, Isabella W.
1808 
 Ogden, L.M.
1806 March 22-24 
 Paulding, J.K.
1845 October 7 
 Receipts
1812, 1814 
 Riggs, E.
1856 June 27 
 Riggs, Mary
1857-1864 
 Rodman, Harriet
1804 June 18 
 Rutledge, Edward
1830 January 9 
 Samson, Sarah
1861 April 5 
 Schroeder, Henrietta
1847-1862 
 Schuyler, Shinah
1797, undated See also, Oversize box 2--Basement

Aunt.

 Schuyler, V.?
1813-1814 
 Sedgwick, Catherine
1830-1854, undated 
 Unidentified
1852, undated 
 VanRensalaer, Henrietta
1861 May 21 
 Vansallear?
1847 June 8 
 Williams, Julia
1842 July 18 
 Wise, J.M.
Undated 

Rebecca Gratz to...

 Series IV. Rachel Gratz Moses
1797-1823 

Abstract: Personal correspondence to Rachel Gratz Moses, eighth child of Michael and Miriam Gratz, primarily from her sisters Rebecca, Sarah and Frances, with some notes from her husband Solomon and friend Mary Fenno, 1797-1823. Contains two subseries of letters, 1832-1879, to her children Horace Moses and Sara Gratz Moses Joseph, regarding family and some legal matters.

Background note: Rachel Gratz (1783-1823) was married to Solomon Moses on June 24, 1806. They had nine children of whom six lived to adulthood. They include: Isaac (1807-1847), Miriam Gratz (b.1808) married Solomon Cohen (1802-1875), Rebecca Gratz (1810-1891) married Jonathan Nathan, Harriet (1812), Simon Gratz (1815-1897) married Mary Ashe in 1838, and Mary Acheson in 1855, Edmund (1815), Sara Gratz (b.1817) married Jacob Henry Joseph (1814-1907), Horace (1820-1893) married Mary Hallahan Fox, and Gertrude (1822-1823). Upon her death in 1823, her children were cared for by the Gratz family.

 Papers
1797-1823 
 Etting, Frances Gratz
1799-1802 

Sister.

 Etting, Frances Gratz
1803-1804 See also, Oversize box 2--Basement.
 Etting, Frances Gratz
1806, undated 
 Fenno, Harriet
1800 See also, Oversize box 2--Basement.
 Fenno, Mary Elizabeth
1802-1803 
 Fenno, Mary Elizabeth
1804-1806 
 Gratz, Barnard
1799 February 5 

Uncle.

 Gratz, Rebecca
1798 See also, Oversize box 2--Basement.

Sister.

 Gratz, Rebecca
1799-1800 See also, Oversize box 2--Basement.
 Gratz, Rebecca
1801-1802 
 Gratz, Rebecca
1803 
 Gratz, Rebecca
1804 April-July 
 Gratz, Rebecca
1804 August-September 
 Gratz, Rebecca
1805-1807 
 Gratz, Rebecca and Miriam
1800 December 26 Box 2 Oversize
Oversize--Basement.

Sister and Mother.

 Gratz, Rebecca and Richea Gratz Hays
1802, 1804 

Sisters.

 Gratz, Rebecca and Sarah
1804-1805 

Sisters.

 Gratz, Sarah
1797-1799 

Sister.

 Gratz, Sarah
1800 
 Gratz, Sarah
1802-1804 
 Gratz, Sarah
1805-1814, undated See also Oversize box 2--Basement.
 Gratz, Sarah and Harriet Fenno
1804 August 24 
 Gratz, Simon
1806 

Brother.

 Hamilton, Rebecca
Undated 
 Hoffman, Ann
1804-1806 
 Inscription
1823 

Epitaph for Rachel Gratz Moses and her daughter, Gertrude.

 Levy, Richea
Undated 
 Meredith, Gertrude
1810, 1823 
 Meredith, Mrs.
1810 October 14 
 Moses, Solomon
1806-1824, undated 

Husband.

 Moses, Solomon
1801-1851, undated 

Rachel Gratz and others, including Stephen Girard to...

 Rodman, Harriet
1803-1805, undated See also Oversize box 2--Basement.
 Rodman, John
1804 August 6 
 Schuyler, Shinah
1798-1805 See also, Oversize box 2--Basement.

Aunt.

 Unidentified
Undated 

Rachel Gratz to...

 Horace Moses
1844-1879 
 Achburn, Richard
1855 December 1 

Horace Moses to...

 Bolling, S.J.
1879 February 5 
 Centennial
1876 

Label from wine bottle in Joseph Gratz hand. Contents of bottle consumed during the Centennial year, 1876

 Cramond, H.
1859 October 31 

Horace Moses to...

 Cullen, R.D.
1856 January 11 
 Gratz, Hyman
1844 

Uncle.

 Gratz, Rebecca
1856-1857, undated 

Aunt.

 Gratz, Rebecca -- Will
1869 September 7 
 Hart, Louise B.
1865, undated 
 Hart, Louise B.
1865 

Horace Moses to...

 Hays, Isaac
1859 May 

Horace Moses to...

 Homan, John Henry
1863 August 29 

Substitute, volunteer enlistment, United States military service.

 Inventory and appraisement
Undated 
 Jewish Hospital
1878 October 1 
 Joseph, Sara G. Moses
1867-1868, undated 

Sister.

 Joseph, Sara G. Moses
1865-1869 

Horace Moses to...

 Lee, S.P.
1867-1869 
 Locust Street House
1859 April 14 
 Moses, Mary Hallahan Fox
Undated 

Wife.

 Moses, Solomon
1843-1853 

Father.

 Mordecai, Sara
1859, undated 
 Receipts
1847-1879, undated 
 Sara Gratz Moses Joseph
1832-1879 
 Ada
Undated 
 Cohen, Miriam G.
1866 July 25 

Sister.

 David, M.E.
1848, 1867, undated 
 Diary, Journal
1832-1846, undated 
 Envelopes
Undated 
 Essays
1832, undated 
 Gratz, Rebecca
Undated 

Aunt.

 Hart, L.
Undated 
 Hart, Mary
Undated 
 Kemble, Fanny
1848 

Actress.

 Marriage contract
1848 May 3 

Physical & technical details: Parchment.

 Moses, Lavinia
1849 February 11 
 Moses, Marian
1879 May 27 
 Myers, Adeline
Undated 
 Postcard
Undated 
 Robinson, R.E.
Undated See also, Oversize box 2--Basement.
 Unidentified
Undated 
 Series V. Sarah Gratz
1800-1808 

Abstract: Personal correspondence to Sarah Gratz, sixth child of Michael and Miriam Gratz, from her sisters Frances, Rebecca and Rachel with notes from her friend Harriet Rodman. The bulk of the letters are from Rebecca, from 1800-1807, concerning family matters.

Background note: Sarah (Sally) Gratz (1779-1817) shared the same literary and social interests as her younger sister Rebecca. Close in age, they were companions as well as siblings, socializing with many of the same friends.

 Etting, Frances Gratz
1803 November 24 

Sister.

 Gratz, Rachel
Undated See Oversize box 2--Basement.

Sister.

 Gratz, Rebecca
1798-1807, undated See also, Oversize box 2--Basement.

Sister.

 Moses, Rachel Gratz and Rebecca
1806 September 7 

Sisters.

 Rodman, Harriet
1808 May 18 
 Series VI. Miscellaneous
1786-1974 

Abstract: A collection of author's notes, bound volumes, maps, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, correspondence, and poems all related to the Gratz family. Includes John F. Marion's research notes for an intended biography of Rebecca Gratz, a travel journal of an 1807 trip to Kentucky, a 1842 letter from Andrew Jackson discussing individuals and courtship, a calling card from the Prince of Wales, silhouettes, sketches and invitations. A third of the correspondence pertains to Joseph Boneparte, Napoleon III, Prince and Princess Murat. These letters, all in French, were collected by family member Miriam Fox. Of note, pamphlets and notes on the three organizations founded by Rebecca: The Philadelphia Orphan Society, the Hebrew Sunday School, and the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society. Also of note, poems dedicated to family members, some on birch bark.

 Author Notes
various dates 
Box #1 Biography of Rebecca Gratz and Family
  

Author John F. Marion's research notes. Contains genealogical information and copies of family letters from other archives.

Box #2 Biography of Rebecca Gratz and Family
  

Author John F. Marion's research notes. Contains genealogical information and copies of family letters from other archives.

 Bound Volumes
1807-1892 
 Index to Portfolio
Undated 
 Receipts
1813-1820 
 Receipts
1858-1867, 1876, 1892 

Estate of J. Gratz.

 Travel Diary
1807 

From Louisville to Nashville.

 Maps
Undated 
 Projected Railway from Harrisburg to Pittsburg
Undated folder Extra Oversize
X Oversize LH-B-25

Projected Railway... with proposed extensions to Cleveland, Cincinnati, and St. Louis, in connexion (sic) with the Public Works of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.

 Newspaper clippings
1773-1939, undated 
 Bonaparte, Joseph--Residence
Undated 

Bordentown, New Jersey.

 Empress Eugenie
Undated 
 Gratz, Michael--Estate
Undated 

Obituary of Miriam Cohen, poem "Contentment," Philadelphia Merchants.

 Gratz, Rebecca
Undated 

Regarding Rebecca as a prototype of a character in Walter Scott's Ivanhoe.

 Indian Appropriation Bill
Undated 
 Kemble, Fanny
1872, undated 

Actress and author. Contains photographs.

 Liberty
1939 January 28 

Color magazine cover.

 O'Neill, Miss
Undated 

Actress.

 Pennsylvania legislature
Undated 

Regarding secession.

 The Philadelphia Pulpit
Undated See Extra Oversize folder--Basement.

Article by Isaac Lesser. With 3 other clippings: Jewish Cemetery at Newport, Song of the shirt, poem by Thomas Hood, and Light of the Lighthouse poem by Epes Sargent.

 Postscript to the Pennsylvania Gazette
1773 December 24 Oversize box 2--Basement.

A facsimile. With 10 other clippings, primarily poems.

 The Sanitary Reporter
1863 September 15 
 Pamphlets
1849-1869 
 Christy's Minstrels, Bouffes Americains
1859 

...Repertoire. With insert noting a program of works performed on February 24 for the Hutchinson Family.

 Female Hebrew Benevolent Society
1858 

The constitution of...

 Philadelphia Orphan Society
1857 

Forty-second annual report...read at the anniversary meeting, May 12, 1857.

 Reverend S. Morais--Address
1869 

...delivered before the managers and pupils of the Hebrew Sunday School, on the life and character of Miss Rebecca Gratz, its founder and first directress.

 Schiller's Song of the Bell
1849 

A new translation by W.H. Furness.

 Papers
1786-1974 
 Arthur to H. Joseph
1810, 1817 
 Astor, John Jacob to Messrs. Montmollin and Moses
1813 October 14 
 Birth Announcements
1866 

Duke and Duchess De Mouchy, Mr. Vandal.

 Bonaparte, Jerome N. to My dear cousin
1861 July 27 
 Bonaparte, Joseph to ______
1839 September 25 
 Bonaparte, Julie to ______
1820 January 1 
 Burr, Aaron to Isaac Moses
1786 December 22 
 Calling cards
1881, undated 

Duke of Edinburgh, Manuel Grosso, Lady Cowley, Prince of Wales and others.

 Cards
1867, 1872, undated 

Holiday and dance programmes.

 Certificates
1887 

Verifying signatures of Edwin H. Fitler and G.B. Benner.

 Cowley, Olivia Cecelia to Princess Murat
Undated 
 Currency
1790, 1864 

Two pence given to Elkalah M. Cohen by her father Solomon Myers Cohen. Confederate bond to Octavus Cohen for $10,000.

 Davies, Samuel and Matilda A. Joseph
1818 December 8 

Marriage certificate.

 Envelopes
1794-1882, undated 
 Essays
  

Minstrelsy, Rollin's Ancient history.

 Etting, Josephine to Augusta L. Ragois
Undated 
 Eugenie to Napoleon III
1863 September 1 

Empress Consort to Emperor of France

 Eugenie to Princess Murat
1855-1864, undated 

Empress Consort to Napoleon III

 Female Hebrew Benevolent Society
1835-1870, undated 
 Fox, J.H. to ______
Undated 
 Fox, Marian to ______
1863 February 16 

Regarding a visit from the Emperor and Empress of France.

 Fragments
Undated 
 Garde Nationale de la Seine
1849 April 13 
 Gratz family
Undated 

Genealogy.

 Hamilton, R. to Sally
Undated 
 Hart, Joel, MD
1816 July 8 

Bris for Jacob Joseph.

 Hays, I. Minis to Henry [Clay?]
1893 March 24 
 Hebrew Sunday School
1841, 1865, undated 
 Invitations
1856, 1865, 1915, undated 

Lady Cowley; Wedding--Princess Anna Murat to Duke De Mouchy; Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Duke and Duchess of Connaught.

 Jackson, Andrew to F.P. Blair
1842 September 26 
 Joseph, Ethel
1934 
 Joseph, Gratz to John F. Marion
1974 October 21 
 Joseph, Henry
1930 
 Komar, Count to Princess Murat
Undated 
 Levy, M.E. to Elias Yulee
1851 March 28 
 List of books
1848-1858, 1969 

Read by H.M. [Horace Moses?]; Dorchester House Library.

 Margaret, Louise to Mrs. Henry Joseph
Undated 
 Matilda to Grandma
1864 June 24 
 Mordecai, Misses
Undated 

Day School for Children

 Morris, Robert to Isaac Moses
1786 July 25 
 Moses, Isaac
Undated 

Biographical information.

 Moses, Lionel to Henry Joseph
1928 June 22 
 Murat, Caroline L.A. to Mrs. Fox
1844 November 21 

Physical & technical details: Watercolor sketch.

 Murat, Louis to Marian Fox
1863 August 18 

Poem on the anniversary of his Mother's marriage to Prince Murat.

 Murat, Louise to Lucien Murat
1825 July 22 

A daughter of Caroline and the King, Joachim Murat.

 Napoleon, Letizia to My dear cousin
1816 May 16 

Princess De Camarata?

 Napoleon, Marie Clotilde to Princess Caroline Murat
1859 May 26 

French.

 Napoleon III to Prince Murat
1853, 1863 
 Notes
1807-1883, undated 
 Obituaries
Undated 

Elizabeth Hall; David Moses; Harriet Fenno Rodman.

 Orphan Society
1862, undated 
 Port of Philadelphia
Undated 
 Powers of attorney
1851, 1887 

Rebecca G. Moses Nathan to Solomon Moses; Louisa Hart Pitcairn to Gershon Joseph.

 ______ to Prince Lucien Murat
1861-1863, undated 

Mr. and Mrs. Haussman; Mr. and Mrs. Amedee Dailly; Louis Napoleon?

 ______ to Princess Anna Murat
1859-1863, undated 

Prince Napoleon and Princess Clotilde; Princess de Metternich; Count de Morny.

 Princess Mathilde to Dear cousin
Undated 

Daughter of Jerome Bonaparte

 ______ to Princess Murat
1849-1863, undated 

Napoleon III; President of Republic of France; Countess Waleurska?; Alvarez De Tolede.

 Receipts
1866, 1894 
 ______ to Robert Walsh
Undated 
 Saint James Club, Montreal to J.H. Joseph
1904 April 22 
 Schuyler, Shinah to Joseph Simon
1797 October Oversize box 2--Basement.

Daughter to Father.

 Silhouettes
1803-1843, undated 
 Sketches
1855, undated 

One of Napoleon; contains black and white negative.

 Theatre programs
1867 January-February 

With dance cards.

 Tyndall, John to Charles Walkem
Undated 
 Unidentified
1862-1865, undated 
 Walkem, Charles to Charlotte Boomer
1844 September 1 
 Poetry, Prayers, Music
1798-1873 
 All the World's a Stage
Undated 

By Rebecca Gratz.

 Birch Bark
1806-1807, undated 

Written on bark by Rebecca Gratz and Violetta.

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 Caldwell, James
Undated 

In memory.

 DeVandreuil, Jeanne, by
Undated 
 Fenno, Caroline, to
Undated 

Fragment.

 Gratz, Miriam Simon
1808 November 1 

To honor her death.

 Gratz, R. to Miriam Simon Gratz
Undated 

Written by Rebecca Gratz for her Mother's birthday.

 Hymn
1840 February 27 

Dedicated to Miss Gratz by H.A. Hadry.

 Hymn--Meditation at Twilight
ca. 1840 

Musical score. By Slowey Hays, identified by initials on the top right. See "Second Annual Examination of the Sunday School for Religious Instruction of Israelites in Philadelphia" [1842].

 Malbone, Mr., to
Undated 

Unique stationery.

 Moses, Horace to Sara G. Moses
Undated 

On her 17th birthday. (brother to sister)

 Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte
Undated 

By Sara G. Joseph?

 Poems
1798-1873 
 Poems
Undated 
 Prayers
Undated 
 Ware, Ellen
Undated 
 Series VII. Artifacts
1805-1900, undated 

Abstract: Objects of family clothing, wallets, hair and pressed flowers. Of note, a daguerrotype (subject unknown), a beaded bag, a cotton bonnet, and several locks of hair. Also, a marriage contract in Hebrew.

#1 Marriage contract
1835 

Charles Marx to Elizabeth R. Etting.

#2 Beaded bag, cotton bonnet
Undated 

Bag belonged to Rebecca Gratz.

#3 Contents of green and black wallet
Undated 

Contents of a wallet owned by Solomon Moses: a lock of blond hair and two newspaper clippings, one related to yellow fever and the other a sonnet by Daniel Webster. Contents of wallet owned by Jacob Gratz: survey of lots along Barr's Avenue.

#4 Wallet, booklet and daguerreotype
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Brown wallet belonged to Jacob Gratz, green and black wallet belonged to Solomon Moses, small satin booklet, and daguerreotype portrait of unknown subject.

 Foliage
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 Hair
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Unidentified.

 Hair--Ada and Emmet
Undated 
 Hair--Gratz
1900 December 9 
 Hair--Gratz, Joseph to Rebecca Gratz
1835 August 10 
 Hair--Harriet's for R.G. Moses
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 Hair--Meredith, Gertrude to Rebecca Gratz
1805 June 4 
 Hair--Moses, Marian
1884 November 10 Oversize box 2--Basement.
 Ribbon--Rodman, Harriet to Rachel Gratz
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 Small straw broom--impression
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