Done, John, 1747-1831

John Done was the son of John Done and Sarah Waters. He was married twice, first to Sarah Rigley and then to Patience Bayley and fathered eighteen children. John Done served as an attorney to the Somerset County court and the Worcester County court from 1769. He was Sheriff of Worcester County from 1773 to 1775, on the Committee of Observation for Worcester County in 1776, Worcester County Clerk 1777, Served in the Worcester County Conventions: 1st (1774) and 6th-8th (1775-1776). He was a Colonel in the Princess Anne Battalion, Somerset County Militia in 1781 during the Revolutionary War. After the War, he served as a Senate elector for Maryland in 1786, attended the Constitution Ratification Convention, was Chief Judge of the 4th District Court (1791-1799/1812-1814). He was a Presidential elector for President John Adams in 1796. He was a member of the Somerset Parish Vestry and a Freemason. He enslaved between ten to forty-three people in his household. John Done died on October 9, 1831 in Annapolis, Maryland.

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, February 22, 1813]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, responding to a letter delivered by Joe, an enslaved person. She writes about Louisa Ann Bowdoin going to a ball. She mentions that her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre, said she would visit, but Elizabeth has not seen her. She also talks about the war, saying Peter Bowdoin wrote her updates on fighting taking place off the coast. She also talks about her health and the bad weather.

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, March 1, 1814]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, giving him an update since he left for Baltimore. She hopes for better health for him and writes about Louisa A. Bowdoin and George Wilson Jackson.

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

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.

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, March 15, 1813]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, responding to his claim that she has not been writing him. She details how she has written for every mail. She thanks him for sending her $10, but asks him to save money for himself. She talks about the new curtains in their carriage.

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre, 1813]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre.

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre, November 22, 1813]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to sister, Ann Upshur Eyre. She discusses her health, homesteading tasks, and the process of renting houses to applicants. She mentions Henry Maynardier Murray, and discusses the deaths of Colonel John Done's wife and daughter, Margaret Waters Done and Patience Bayly Done. She asks about Louisa A Bowdoin, Mary Anne Gilmore, and Elizabeth Custis Teackle and hopes for better health for the Eyre family.