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

Description: 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.
Date: July 28, 1818
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Upshur
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, July 5, 1818]

Description: Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, while she was attending Madam Grelaud's French School in Philadelphia. Elizabeth writes about her daughters cat and asks for her to buy her a fashion hair net. She also mentions the works of Lord Byron and George Washington.
Date: July 5, 1818
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Upshur
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre, June 14, 1818]

Description: 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 Wils… more
Date: 1818-06-14/1818-06-15
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Upshur
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
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