[Letter from Susan Upshur Dennis to her cousin Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, January 28, 1817]

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Letter from Susan Upshur Dennis to her cousin, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, discussing her stay at Elizabeth's parents house.

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Dennis, Susan Upshur January 28, 1817.

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Letter from Susan Upshur Dennis to her cousin, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, discussing her stay at Elizabeth's parents house.

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  • Accession or Local Control No: 2338-01-0218
  • Call Number: MSS 2338, 2338-a, 2338-b Box 1
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1631065

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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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The Voices of the Eastern Shore collection features archival materials such as letters, accounting ledgers and legal documents from the Somerset County Historical Society, the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia, Library of Congress, the Nanticoke Historic Preservation Alliance, and others that focus on life on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia from 1796 to the early 1900s.

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  • January 28, 1817

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Dennis, Susan Upshur. [Letter from Susan Upshur Dennis to her cousin Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, January 28, 1817], letter, January 28, 1817; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1631065/: accessed August 12, 2026), 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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