Teackle, John, 1753-1817

John Teackle of Kegotank was a successful merchant, with wide ranging business interests that led to his family keeping homes not only in Kegotank, but at various times in Philadelphia, Georgetown and New Haven. During his lifetime, he manumitted many of the enslaved people he held in bondage, freeing the rest with his will. He was the son of Levin Teackle and Joice Gore Justice. He married Elizabeth Dennis of Beverly on February 3, 1776, and they had nine children.

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[Journal of Littleton Dennis Teackle]

Journal of Littleton D. Teackle, dating from 1805-1807. It includes letters written to friends and business acquaintances such as Andrew D. Campbell, Warren Ashley, Barclay Salkeld, George Irving, Samuel Sayer, and many others.
 

[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, c. 1819]

Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, written during a journey from Scotland to Jamaica. In this letter, Campbell writes about his wife's family and recent financial troubles. He also confesses a long-held secret - he has four illegitimate sons, Thomas Hamilton, John Hamilton, James Hamilton Campbell, and Andrew Donaldson Campbell, all born in the Eden region of Cumbria.

[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, July 5, 1812]

Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle. He apologizes for not writing, saying he has been busy with travel and business. He talks about the works of Thomas Moore and Sir Walter Scott. He asks about her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, and asks for them to come visit him. He updates her on his family and asks about her family and Littleton's family.

[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Littleton Dennis Teackle - February 26, 1799]

Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Littleton Dennis Teackle before their journey back to England. Campbell was from Glasgow, and a classmate of Teackle's at Columbia University.

[Letter from Ann Upshur Eyre to her sister, Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, c.1804-1806]

Letter from Ann Eyre to her sister, Elizabeth Upshur Teackle. She asks for an update on Elizabeth's travel plans for the summer and discusses the health of their relatives in town. This undated letter was determined to have been written between 1804-1806, as it mentions the Hon. John Stratton's death (1804), and Aunt Susannah Gore Kendall is still alive (d. 1806).

[Letter from Elizabeth Dennis Teackle to her sister Sarah Upshur Teackle Bancker written from Barren Creek - August 6, c. 1810-1815]

A letter to Sarah Upshur Teackle Bancker from her sister Elizabeth Dennis Teackle from Barren Creek, Maryland. The letter includes news of their journey there from Kegotank and other family news.

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, August 14, 1815]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, while she was attending Madam Grelaud's French School in Philadelphia. She writes that she will be coming to visit in three weeks with John Teackle. She says that Elizabeth Ann has some cousins attending Miss S. Done's academy as well.

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, January 31, 1807]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, written to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle from her father-in-laws house, Kegotank. She speaks about one of their enslaved people, Martha, a washerwoman, delivering a stillbirth baby. She brings up his recent contract to provide lumber for the building of the new U.S. Navy Yard. Their brother-in-law Charles Nicoll Bancker invited the John Teackle family to Baltimore as a change of scenery after the death of one of the Teackle sons, Henry. She asks if he has news about meeting the new British Ambassador and his wife, Anthony and Elizabeth Merry.

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, undated 1807]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, written to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle.

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, August 4, 1812]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, discussing family members and purchases. She mentions an enslaved man, Louther. She also mentions that John Teackle, John Eyre, and her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre, will be in town soon. She says that Elizabeth Dennis Teackle Montgomery is in town.

[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, July 26, 1813]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, discussing received mail, politics, and finances. She says she is jealous of the fact that he gets to see Mount Vernon.

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, July 6, 1812]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, giving a small update about daily ongoings. She asks about the sale of two of their enslaved persons, Sarah and Ephraim. She says John Teackle is in town and she expects her sister Ann Eyre and Elizabeth Dennis Teackle Montgomery soon. She also mentions Rachel Revell Upshur.

[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, May 17, 1813]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, listing letters he has received at their estate.

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, May 24, 1813]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle. She discusses traveling over the summer, goods they need, and the ongoing effects of the war. She says that slaves in Northampton have escaped to the British forces and refuse to return. She also mentions the upcoming marriage of John Upshur Dennis and Elizabeth Dashiell.

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, October 29, 1810]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle. She thanks him for sending her books. She discusses finances and purchases, mentioning Arthur Upshur, George Teackle Kendall, and Mr. Brown. She also discusses updates from their acquaintances and family, including William Gilmor, Charlotte le Pelletier, Miss Gray, Thomas Tabb, Elizabeth Harmonson Teackle Tabb, Littleton's sister Esther "Hetty" Maria Fisher Teackle, and his parents, John Teackle and Elizabeth Dennis Teackle.

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, September 10, 1811]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, announcing the death of his mother, Elizabeth Dennis Teackle. She also writes of William Burton Savage's death. She asks Littleton to send her certain fabric and clothes for mourning.

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, September 4, 1813]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, updating him on their travels to his father John Teackle's house. She says they visited Major Carroll and will be setting out in the morning for Northampton. She also discusses her health and the death of Samuel Lippencott.

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister Ann Eyre, January 4, 1810]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre. She talks of George Teackle Kendall accompanying her while her husband is away. She mentions also Robert Barraud Taylor, Anne Hack Waters Robinson Bayly, and Hugh Ker. She recounts being invited to Easton and Cambridge, Maryland. The end of the letter is missing.

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister Ann Upshur Eyre - December 9, 1800]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister Ann Upshur Eyre, written from Princess Anne. She talks about her bout with the ague, and a picture of Ann that Littleton D. Teackle is sending from Philadelphia. She inquires to health of John Eyre and Sarah Eyre Lyon, his sister. She mentions Sarah Corbin Cropper Wise, Henrietta Teackle, Col. Waters and Susannah Gore Kendall.

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister Ann Upshur Eyre - May 28, 1800]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister Ann Upshur Eyre, written from her Uncle Littleton Upshur's home, Vaucluse, on Hungars Creek. She lists off the expected guests at her upcoming wedding to Littleton Dennis Teackle: the family of John Teackle, Congressman John Dennis and his wife Eleanor Jackson Dennis, her brothers, Nancy Read, Peter Hack, Dr. George Teackle, her step-father John Upshur of Brownsville, Littleton P. Townsend, Betsy Teackle of Craddock, Maria Parker, and the family of her Uncle Col. Samuel Handy.

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister Ann Upshur Eyre - November 1, 1800]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister Ann Upshur Eyre, written from Princess Anne. She talks about the many illnesses in the area, causing the death of Col. Peter Chaille (misspelled Shally), and his daughter. She asks about how the enslaved people from their father's estate will be split among the family, saying she would like to have Nanny as a lady's maid if it is possible.

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Uphsur Eyre - June 26, 1803]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Eyre, written from Princess Anne. This letter discusses her sister-in-law Sarah Upshur Teackle Bancker, and some family unrest over a man who was courting her behind her parents back, George Wilson Jackson. While in New York City, she met Charles Nicoll Bancker, her eventual husband, and this letter explains how it all came to pass. George Wilson Jackson was the brother-in-law of Congressman John Dennis, Littleton Teackle Dennis's Uncle who lived next door to them in Princess Anne at their home Beckford, which Elizabeth states "places our family in a delicate situation." Elizabeth mentions a recent trip to Baltimore and their Aunt Susannah Kendall.

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre - April 1799]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister Ann Upshur Eyre, undated. The date of this letter is either April or May of 1799 due to context. The letter mentions the long awaited return of the ship Delaware, captained by John E. Sword from Canton. It discusses the wedding of Sarah Corbin Cropper, as well as mentioning Mrs. Vear, Henrietta Teackle, John Teackle, Mrs. John Dennis, Col. Cropper, and Col. Savage.