[Lette[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to Ann Eyre - June 14, 1818]

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Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre. She apologizes for not writing and says that she misses her daughter and husband, who are away from home. She writes about hosting a party and her lack of crops from her garden. She talks at length about visits from Sarah Sergeant Miller's family and a visit from James Billings Steele, where he left "half the girls of Somerset in love with him." She gives a brief update on their acquaintances, naming Peter Guillet, Edward Wilson, John Wilson, and others. She also mentions the deaths of Doctor Arnold Elzey … continued below

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Teackle, Elizabeth Upshur, 1783-1837 1818-06-14/1818-06-15.

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Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre. She apologizes for not writing and says that she misses her daughter and husband, who are away from home. She writes about hosting a party and her lack of crops from her garden. She talks at length about visits from Sarah Sergeant Miller's family and a visit from James Billings Steele, where he left "half the girls of Somerset in love with him." She gives a brief update on their acquaintances, naming Peter Guillet, Edward Wilson, John Wilson, and others. She also mentions the deaths of Doctor Arnold Elzey Jones and John Upshur.

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  • Accession or Local Control No: 2338-02-0003
  • Call Number: MSS 2338, 2338-a, 2338-b Box 2
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1687073

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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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Teackle, Elizabeth Upshur, 1783-1837. [Lette[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to Ann Eyre - June 14, 1818], letter, 1818-06-14/1818-06-15; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1687073/: accessed April 20, 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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