Merchants - Guest & Bancker
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[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, May, 1809]
Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle. He recounts receiving his first letter from her 10 years ago, and conveys his regret that some of his letters and boxes that he sent have been lost in transport. He also talks of the death of William Eyre.
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, October 13, 1807]
Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, in care of Guest & Bancker in Philadelphia. She writes she's headed to Virginia the next day and plans to stay the next four weeks.
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Uphsur Eyre - June 26, 1803]
Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Eyre, written from Princess Anne. This letter discusses her sister-in-law Sarah Upshur Teackle Bancker, and some family unrest over a man who was courting her behind her parents back, George Wilson Jackson. While in New York City, she met Charles Nicoll Bancker, her eventual husband, and this letter explains how it all came to pass. George Wilson Jackson was the brother-in-law of Congressman John Dennis, Littleton Teackle Dennis's Uncle who lived next door to them in Princess Anne at their home Beckford, which Elizabeth states "places our family in a delicate situation." Elizabeth mentions a recent trip to Baltimore and their Aunt Susannah Kendall.
[Letter to Sarah Upshur Teackle Bancker from Elizabeth Dennis Teackle - October 7, 1807]
A letter to Sarah Upshur Teackle Bancker from her mother, Elizabeth Dennis Teackle includes news of their Georgetown neighbors such as Martha Parke Custis Peters and John Threlkeld, as well as family news.