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B. and M. Gratz, Merchants in Philadelphia 1754-1903

by GRATZ, Bernard and Michael

Price: $1,200.00
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  • Bookseller: Historicana
  • Seller Inventory #: 21
  • Format: Full Calf
  • Book condition: Very Good
  • Jacket condition: very good
  • Publisher: Hugh Stephens Company
  • Place: Jefferson City, MO
  • Date published: 1916

Book Description

The Gratz Family Papers GRATZ, Bernard and Michael. B. and M. Gratz, Merchants in Philadelphia 1754-1903. Jefferson City, MO: Hugh Stephens Company, 1916. 386pp. Original calf, raised spine bands, gilt lettering. With dustjacket. LIMITED TO 250 COPIES. These Papers, were prepared for the Gratz family descendants and include documents of the Gratz Family patriarchs from the period of the French and Indian War to the administration of John Adams. The Gratz Family represented one of America’s most philanthropic, civic minded Jewish families. The book reproduces principally the letters of the founding brothers Bernard and Michael but also presents the enlightened and chatty writings of Michael’s famed daughter Rebecca.

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