[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Littleton D. Teackle, March 13, 1807]

Mentioned in this letter

Home, Health, and Social Life: Health - Disease and illness
People: Brown, Nicol; Campbell, Andrew Donaldson, 1777-1854; Quinby, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, 1801-1875; Rosse, Francis; Rosse, George; Teackle, Littleton Dennis, 1777-1848
Places: Scotland - Lanarkshire - Glasgow; United States - Maryland - Worcester County - Snow Hill

About this letter

Description: Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Littleton D. Teackle.
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur
Creation Date: March 13, 1807
Subjects: Campbell, Andrew Donaldson, d. 1853; Teackle, Littleton Dennis, 1777-1848
Item Type: letter
Identifier: MSS 2338, 2338-a, 2338-b Box 1
Publication Information: Papers of the Quinby, Teackle, and Upshur families, 1759-1968, Accession #2338, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Institution: ASSSC
Collection: VOESH
Place Names: United States - Maryland - Somerset County - Princess Anne; Scotland - Glasgow City Council Area - Glasgow

Jump to page:

Page 1 of 4

Page 1

Glasgow 13^th March 1807

My dear Teackle

Altho I am by no means inclined to be very punctual in keeping an exact acct. of letters and not trust you with a fresh cargo until in funds for the last coming current, yet I confess an occasional remittance is very necessary and you have been very dilatory of late.

Some considerable time ago, about the end of August or beginning of September I addressed a long rattling letter to your Lady Wife, by much your better part, and intended long ere this to have again had that pleasure but remotion¹ in other, I had no sooner acquired strength than the

Page 2

usual intex² of business and dissipation engulphed
me and there I continued until lately recused by some returns of my old enemy, but, thank God, not so severely handled, as in Summer.

Now what have you been about this age? Until you answer this query I certainly cannot proceed further with any account of myself. Therefore, to the business that causes this.

There is a Gentleman, an acquaintance of mine here, Mr Nicol Brown, worth £100,000 Stg. at least, who has expressed to me a great desire of obtaining certain information regarding your friends Francis and George Ross of Snow Hill Maryland. His words are what is their line of life? And whether they are

Page 3

are men of good understanding and character. Mr. N.B. having neither chick nor child nor any very near of kin he may perhaps intend leaving these intelligent Gemmen¹ some handsome legacy. If therefore you can speak favorably of them, I think you had better do so, altho this is all conjecture on my part.

Further your acquaintance Mr. John Maxwell lately informed me there was some money in his hands due these Snowhillites, and he wished they would send me a Power of Attorney to receive it as he never would be able to settle it by corresponding with them. Be it therefore known to you that the said John Maxwell being now fast declining in the Vale of years I would very