Dorsey, Joshua
Most likely Joshua Dorsey, a merchant of Baltimore. He’s listed in the 1812 Baltimore directory as living at the corner of Pratt street and the head of O’Donnell’s dock. [https://archive.org/details/frysbaltimoredir1812fryw/page/n29/mode/2up ]
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[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, August 1812]
Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, discussing the accounts she has heard of the riots in Baltimore. Anti-war articles written by Alexander Contee Hanson in the Federal Republican newspaper caused riots against the newspaper. Elizabeth is horrified by these events and asks for her husband's recounting of the events. She also discusses their finances and her sister, Ann Upshur Teackle.
[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.