[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, March 13, 1813]

Mentioned in this letter

Business, Economy, and Travel: Hotels - Indian Queen Inn
Home, Health, and Social Life: Beverages - Coffee; Beverages - Tea; Fashion - Bonnets and Hats; Fashion - Cloth - Silk; Fashion - Lace; Fashion – Cloth; Food - Grains; Health - Disease and illness - Headache; Jewelry - Earrings; Jewelry - Rings
People: Bancker, Charles Nicoll, 1777-1869; Done, John, 1747-1831; Eyre, Ann Matilda Upshur, 1780-1829; Eyre, John, 1768-1855; Quinby, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, 1801-1875; Teackle, Elizabeth Upshur, 1783-1836; Teackle, John, 1753-1817; Teackle, Littleton Dennis, 1777-1848; Tucker, Louisa A. Bowdoin Evans Jackson Thompson, 1790-1859
Places: United States - Maryland - Baltimore City; United States - Maryland - Somerset County - Princess Anne; United States - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia County - Philadelphia

About this letter

Description: Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, with a detailed list of goods she received in the mail from him. She says that her sister Ann Upshur Eyre and her husband, John Eyre, left for Philadelphia this morning and restates their need for lodgings. She asks for silk cord and lace for her bonnet, and says John Done would be able to bring it to her.
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Upshur
Creation Date: March 13, 1813
Subjects: Teackle, Elizabeth Upshur, 1783-1837; 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; United States - Maryland - Baltimore County - Baltimore

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March 13^th 1813 PA

My dear husband

I received your letter by Captain Turpin this minute from Mr. Done who sets off for Balt tomorrow morning, and whom I shall entrust this letter to. The goods mention’d in yours were rec’d per Muir viz.

30 lb & spun cotton
1 patent coffee biggin
3 gall spermaceti oil
1 bb^lflour
50lb coffee
1 C w^t brown sugar
2 lb imperial tea
1 ream paper
1 piece ribbon
1 yd patent net lace
2" gauze
1 dressing comb
2 tooth brushes
2 boxes corail tooth powder
6 scanes sewing silk
Earrings and Louisa’s ring
5 copies of the select reviews

All in good order. Louisa’s ring I gave to Col. Wilson who promised to deliver it to her. It came in good time as she was to set out for home Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Eyre went off this morning for Philadelphia. I am surprised that you have receiv’d no letters from me as I have written several letters, one

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by the last Mail acknowledging the receipt of several from you, and requesting you to hint to Mr. Bancker, Mr. Eyre’s anxiety about lodging in Phila, and he being afraid that your father to whom Mr. E. wrote on the subject [illegible] have rec’d their letter, and he wish’d to have her some agreeable quarters ready for her on her arrival.

We are all as well as usual.

Mr. Done has promised to call on you for any commands you may have for me. In one of my last letters, I mention’d a request for you to add to my memo 16 yds of white silk cord which I want to trim my bonnet for the summer, as I don’t want to buy one more expensive than of my own make. As I mention’d, 8 or ten yds of white silk footing lace for the same, which Mr. Done will bring to me. The flour is very good and just came in time as mine was exactly out. If you find it convenient you had better get another [bbl?] as you have chosen better than the skippers ever do.

I would write you some thing amusing in addition to business if I cou’d, but really writing distresses my head so much that it is painful. My poor pate is more trouble to me that all the rest of my corporation.

God bless you! Eliza’ths love

E.U. Teackle

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