[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre, February 12, 1810]

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Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre, discussing her plans to go to Baltimore to visit her husband Littleton Dennis Teackle, before he leaves for business in the West Indies. She tells her sister to remind their brother, Arthur Upshur, to repay his debt to her. She also expresses her hope that Littleton will be successful in his business.

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Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur February 12, 1810.

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Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre, discussing her plans to go to Baltimore to visit her husband Littleton Dennis Teackle, before he leaves for business in the West Indies. She tells her sister to remind their brother, Arthur Upshur, to repay his debt to her. She also expresses her hope that Littleton will be successful in his business.

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  • Accession or Local Control No: 2338-01-0060
  • Call Number: MSS 2338, 2338-a, 2338-b Box 1
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1677151

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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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  • February 12, 1810

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Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur. [Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre, February 12, 1810], letter, February 12, 1810; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1677151/: accessed July 17, 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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