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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Miriam Gratz Moses Cohen Papers #2639, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alternate Form of Material

Microfilm copy available.

• Reel 1: 195 selected letters of Rebecca Gratz
• Reel 2: Grace Aguilar correspondence

Acquisitions Information

Received from Miriam and Ophelia Dent of Brunswick, Ga., in 1943.

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Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, February 1996

Encoded by: Lynn Holdzkom, April 2006

Updated by: Laura Hart, January 2021

This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.

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• Aguilar, Grace, 1816-1847.
• Aguilar, Sarah.
• Charleston (S.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Cohen, Gratz, fl. 1860-1864.
• Cohen, Miriam Gratz Moses.
• College students--Virginia--Social life and customs.
• Commonplace-books.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
• Families--Georgia--Social life and customs.
• Families--Pennsylvania--Social life and customs.
• Families--South Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Georgia Military Institute (Marietta, Ga.)--Students--Social life and customs.
• Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869.
• Jewish authors--Great Britain--History--19th century.
• Jewish college students--Virginia--Social life and customs.
• Jewish families--United States.
• Jewish soldiers--Confederate States of America.
• Jewish women--Great Britain--Social life and customs.
• Jewish women--United States--Social life and customs.
• Jews--Georgia--Social life and customs.
• Jews--Pennsylvania--Social life and customs.
• Jews--South Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Jewish.
• Jews--Southern States--History--19th century.
• Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs.
• University of Virginia--Students--Social life and customs.

Rebecca Gratz (1781-1869) was a philanthropist of Philadelphia, Pa. Her niece, whom she raised, was Miriam Gratz Moses Cohen (Mrs. Solomon Cohen) of Charleston, S.C., and Savannah, Ga.

Letters of a close-knit Jewish family, including letters, 1837-1862, from Rebecca Gratz to her niece Miriam Gratz Moses Cohen concerning southern Jews, social and cultural events in Philadelphia, Pa., and Charleston, S.C., and family members; letters, 1842- 1853, from Grace Aguilar (d. 1847), British Jewish author, discussing religious beliefs, literature, and personal news, and from her mother, Sarah Aguilar, after Grace's death; letters, 1860-1864, to Miriam from her son, Gratz Cohen, in Confederate army camps, at Georgia Military Institute, and at the University of Virginia about school activities, religion and philosophy, Jewish-Gentile relations, the sadness of family separationscaused by the war, and other family- and war-related matters; and miscellaneous family papers. Volumes, 1824-1829 and undated, include Miriam's commonplace book and poetry books.

• Microfilm: M-2639/1-2