Creator Bio
Samuel Hays
1773–1839
Samuel Hays was a trustee of the Mikveh Israel congregation in Philadelphia. He married Richea Gratz in 1784. Their son, Isaac Hays, would become an important scientist and writer.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Letters to Richea Gratz
Lancaster, August 5th 1793Miss 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.