Geography: Gratztown
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Letter from Clergy of Lykens Valley to the American Sunday-School Union, Gratztown, Pennsylvania, June 11, 1827 A stampless letter dated June 11, 1827, from the clergy of Lykens Valley, Pennsylvania, to the American Sunday-School Union. The letter discusses the clergy's admittance to the organization. The letter originates from Gratztown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and may bear the earliest known Gratztown postmark. The letter's connection to Michael Gratz, after whom Gratztown is likely named, and the 1831 founding of the Wiconisco Coal Company by his son, Simon Gratz, are noted.