Elzey, Arnold, 1756-1816

Dr. Arnold Elzey served in the Maryland House of Delegates in 1784. He was a founder of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland in 1799. About 1785 he married Henrietta Wilson, the daughter of Ephraim Wilson. He served as a surgeon in the Maryland Militia from 1794-1800. He died in Washington D.C., where he was the President of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, and Post Surgeon for the U.S. Army.

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[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, January 15, 1810]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband Littleton Dennis Teackle. She talks of sending hair in a locket and her love for him. She says she will write to his mother, Elizabeth Dennis Teackle, and tells him to talk highly of his wife in the American nobility circles.