[Letter from John Teackle to his daughter Sarah Upshur Teackle Bancker, on an August 26th sometime between 1815 -1817]

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A letter to Sarah Upshur Teackle Bancker from her father John Teackle, informing her of his safety while traveling in Connecticut.

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Teackle, John 1815/1817.

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A letter to Sarah Upshur Teackle Bancker from her father John Teackle, informing her of his safety while traveling in Connecticut.

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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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  • 1815/1817

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Teackle, John. [Letter from John Teackle to his daughter Sarah Upshur Teackle Bancker, on an August 26th sometime between 1815 -1817], letter, 1815/1817; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1618901/: accessed May 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Somerset County Historical Society.

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