[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, September 4, 1813]
Mentioned in this letter
- Education, Religion, Literacy, and Culture
- Music
- People
- Bancker, Sarah Upshur Teackle, 1783-1843
- Carroll, Henry James, 1765-1814
- Lippencott, Samuel, 1765-1813
- Montgomery, Elizabeth Dennis Teackle, 1788-1823
- Quinby, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, 1801-1875
- Teackle, Elizabeth Upshur, 1783-1837
- Teackle, John, 1753-1817
- Teackle, Littleton Dennis, 1777-1848
- Upshur, John, 1761-1842
About this letter
- Description
- 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.
- Creator
- Teackle, Elizabeth Upshur
- Creation Date
- September 4, 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
- Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
- Collection
- Voices of the Eastern Shore
- Place Names
- United States - Virginia - Accomack County
- United States - Maryland - Baltimore County - Baltimore
Accomack Sep. 4th 1813
My dear husband
We arriv’d at our father’s yesterday about 7 o’clock, and had a very good ride in point of safety, but it rain’d all day, and in crossing the ferry we found it very disagreeable. We went to Major Carroll’s as we intended on Thursday evening, and the girls seem’d to enjoy themselves in dancing after the Major’s fiddler. I was unwell and went to bed early. We shall set off in the morning (Sunday) for Northampton, and shall call on my stepfather, and spend tomorrow night.
I suppose you have heard of Mr. Lippencott’s death. I was really sorry for it, for Sammy seem’d natural to me somehow.
I do assure you I felt uneasy at leaving you alone. I had no idea you had the least objection to my taking the journey
or I wou’d not leave home at all. Altho’ I thought the ride might be of service, and I wished to break myself of the foolish habit of being afraid in a carriage. Indeed I have been weak in mind and body for some time past, and really more indisposed than anyone but myself can know.
Mrs. Bancker has entirely declined her visit to Virginia this fall; but I shall write her tonight and beg her to come down. She is afraid of the climate, and I suppose the tidings of Eliza’s indisposition have served to frighten her.
Elizabeth sends her love to you. You may depend on my returning at the time you desired, if my health is as good as it usually is, and bad weather shou’d not prevent me.
God bless you
Your affectionate wife
E.U. Teackle