Conyngham, Hannah Anne "Nancy," 1762-1860

Nancy Conyngham (1762-1860) was the daughter of Redmond Conyngham and Martha Ellis. Her brother David H. Conyngham was a prominent merchant of Philadelphia with the mercantile firm of Cunningham & Nesbitt. In his will of 1853, her brother David left her and her sister Maria Conyngham two four-story warehouses located on 106 and 108 Magazine Street of Philadelphia. In documents and city directories of the period, their last name is spelled both Conyngham and Cunningham.

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[Letter from Nancy Cunningham to Sarah “Sally” Teackle Kendall - December 2, 1778]

Letter from Nancy Cunningham to Sarah “Sally” Teackle Kendall describing her flight from Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War, and also contains updates about Teackle's brother Severn Teackle who is imprisoned by the British on a ship anchored off Long Island. Severn Teackle is the Grandfather of Severn Teackle Wallis. Attached to this letter is a note dated 1829 written by Elizabeth Upshur Teackle explaining how she came to be in possession of this letter from her Great Aunt Sally Teackle Kendall.