[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre, April 1800]

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Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister at Ann Upshur Eyre, sharing family news from the family home of her Uncle Littleton Upshur's home Vaucluse on Hungars Creek. People mentioned in the letter include Aunt Ann Parker Upshur, Juliet Upshur, Elizabeth "Betsy" Snead, and Dr. Hugh Ker.

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Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur April 1800.

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Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister at Ann Upshur Eyre, sharing family news from the family home of her Uncle Littleton Upshur's home Vaucluse on Hungars Creek. People mentioned in the letter include Aunt Ann Parker Upshur, Juliet Upshur, Elizabeth "Betsy" Snead, and Dr. Hugh Ker.

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  • Accession or Local Control No: 2338-01-0013
  • Call Number: MSS 2338, 2338-a, 2338-b Box 1
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1622650

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  • Preferred Citation: Papers of the Quinby, Teackle, and Upshur families, 1759-1968, Accession #2338, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.

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Voices of the Eastern Shore

The Voices of the Eastern Shore collection features archival materials such as letters, accounting ledgers and legal documents from the Somerset County Historical Society and the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia that focus on life on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia from 1796 to about 1837.

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  • April 1800

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  • Dec. 5, 2023, 9:12 p.m.

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Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur. [Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre, April 1800], letter, April 1800; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1622650/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library.

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