[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, December 2, 1813]
Mentioned in this letter
- Government, Law, and Military
- Done, William, 1746-1813
- Legislation
- Military Engagements - Canada - Battle of Crysler's Farm - 1813
- Wars - War of 1812 - 1812-1815
- Home, Health, and Social Life
- Health - Death
About this letter
- Description
- Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle. She writes about major general James Wilkinson's defeat at the Battle of Crysler's Farm. She mentions visiting John Done's family. She asks about their bank petition and the possibility of sending their daughter to a boarding school.
- Creator
- Teackle, Elizabeth Upshur
- Creation Date
- December 2, 1813
- Subjects
- Teackle, Elizabeth Upshur, 1783-1837
- Teackle, Littleton Dennis, 1777-1848
- United States -- History -- War of 1812
- 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
- Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
- Collection
- Voices of the Eastern Shore
- Place Names
- United States - Maryland - Somerset County - Princess Anne
- United States - Maryland - Anne Arundel County - Annapolis
Tuesday 2th Dec 1813
My dear husband
I wrote you on Sunday by Mr. Little of Baltimore, since which nothing has occur’d to note. But as you requested me to write, I shall comply with your desire every mail.
I suppose you have heard the news of Wilkinson’s defeat. No one seems to be surprised at it here; and for my part, from the characterization of the man, the astonishment wou’d have been to have heard of a victory of his gaining. I suppose you are fairly into the business of Legislation by this time, and settled in your quarters. I am exceedingly anxious to learn the result of our Bank petition, and you will oblige me by noting how you proceed thereon, and by informing me how the prospect lies.
I rode out the other day (Sunday), to see Col. Done’s family.1 They seem’d gratified with the attention but are all melancholy yet. Otherwise, I have not been out of the house. As soon as I arrange my household I shall begin my travels southward. Not having had a line
for some time from my f[riend]s in N. I am very uneasy and apprehensive of their situation.
Mr. Ball has return’d from Baltimore and today the School business will be agitated in a meeting of the W Society. If the gentleman procures a school, I shall send E. for the residue of the time she remains at home, if it meets your approbation.
God bless you
Your affectionate wife
E.U.T.
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