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[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 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 Upshur Eyre - May 3, 1800]
Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister Ann Upshur Eyre from her Uncle Littleton Upshur's home Vaucluse on Hungars Creek. This letter covers Ann's anticipated arrival in preparation for Elizabeth's wedding to Littleton Dennis Teackle. People mentioned in the letter include Betsy Snead, James Lyon, Valeria Spencer Fullerton, and Aunt Ann Parker Upshur.
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre, September 20, 1813]
Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre, updating her on their return from Ann's house to Princess Anne. Elizabeth says that her husband Littleton has been sick. She also describes how she tripped out of her carriage and hit her head. She discusses how the town is full of military and Major Daniel Martin shared some war stories with her. She also talks about John Nivison.