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Elizabeth Dennis Teackle Montgomery to her sister Sarah Upshur Teackle Bancker, undated

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Scope and Contents

From the Series:

This addition (ViU-2024-0134) to MSS 2338, Quinby, Teackle, and Upshur Families of Somerset County, Maryland, and Accomack and Northampton Counties, Virginia Papers includes one legal document and eight handwritten letters from the Teackle and Bancker family. Correspondents are Elizabeth Dennis Teackle Montgomery, Littleton Dennis Teackle, John Teackle, and William White Bancker. Letter recipients are Elizabeth's sister, Sarah Upshur Teackle Bancker, Henrietta Bancker, Aunt Hetty (Esther Maria Fisher Teackle), and Messrs. Blair from the Maryland House of Delegates.

The legal document, dated 1801, is from Littleton Dennis Teackle, recording his moving two enslaved women, Sarah alias Sally and Nanny alias Nancy, from Virginia to Maryland. The rest are letters dated between 1807 and 1835, primarily to family members. One included letter is from John Teackle to his granddaughter Henrietta Bancker, dated 1815 and postmarked to Chestnut Street, Philidelphia, is a photocopy of an original not present in this collection. The eight remaining letters are originals, postmarked on their exterior.

These letters are also available online at the Voices of the Eastern Shore website: https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/VOESH/

Dates

  • Creation: undated

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Full Extent

From the Series: 0.03 Cubic Feet (8 letters and one list of enslaved people)

Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

This letter is part of the collection entitled: Voices of the Eastern Shore and was provided by the Somerset County Historical Society to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries.

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1618898/?q=elizabeth%20dennis%20teackle%20montgomery%20to%20sarah%20teackle%20bancker

Repository Details

Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository

Contact:
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States