[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle and Ann Upshur Eyre to Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, July 28, 1818]

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Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle and Ann Upshur Eyre to Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, while she was attending Madam Grelaud's French School in Philadelphia. Elizabeth writes about visiting Barren Creek and drinking the water in an attempt to improve her health, and she says that it seems to be working.

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Teackle, Elizabeth Upshur July 28, 1818.

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Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle and Ann Upshur Eyre to Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, while she was attending Madam Grelaud's French School in Philadelphia. Elizabeth writes about visiting Barren Creek and drinking the water in an attempt to improve her health, and she says that it seems to be working.

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  • Accession or Local Control No: 2338-02-0007
  • Call Number: MSS 2338, 2338-a, 2338-b Box 2
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1687076

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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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  • July 28, 1818

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Teackle, Elizabeth Upshur. [Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle and Ann Upshur Eyre to Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, July 28, 1818], letter, July 28, 1818; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1687076/: accessed May 31, 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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