Latest content added for The Portal to Texas Historyhttps://texashistory.unt.edu/search/?q=&sort=date_d&t=fulltext&fq=str_year%3A17782023-12-05T21:11:59-06:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for searching The Portal to Texas History[Letter from Nancy Cunningham to Sarah “Sally” Teackle Kendall - December 2, 1778]2023-12-05T21:11:59-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1622640/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1622640/"><img alt="[Letter from Nancy Cunningham to Sarah “Sally” Teackle Kendall - December 2, 1778]" title="[Letter from Nancy Cunningham to Sarah “Sally” Teackle Kendall - December 2, 1778]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1622640/small/"/></a></p><p>Letter from Nancy Cunningham to Sarah “Sally” Teackle Kendall describing her flight from Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War, and also contains updates about Teackle's brother Severn Teackle who is imprisoned by the British on a ship anchored off Long Island. Severn Teackle is the Grandfather of Severn Teackle Wallis. Attached to this letter is a note dated 1829 written by Elizabeth Upshur Teackle explaining how she came to be in possession of this letter from her Great Aunt Sally Teackle Kendall.</p>[Letter from Fernando Vazquez Borrego to Joseph Leonardo Vidaurre, March 15, 1778]2017-07-05T20:04:10-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth862021/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth862021/"><img alt="[Letter from Fernando Vazquez Borrego to Joseph Leonardo Vidaurre, March 15, 1778]" title="[Letter from Fernando Vazquez Borrego to Joseph Leonardo Vidaurre, March 15, 1778]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth862021/small/"/></a></p><p>Letter from Fernando Vazquez Borrego to his nephew, Joseph Leonardo Vidaurre, asking him to look into an issue regarding their hacienda. This document is taped in three areas and multiple stains and slight tears.</p>