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[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Fred C. Cole, April 20, 1962]

Description: Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Fred C. Cole discussing his plans in Washington and requesting information on the Washington and Lee University class of 1894.
Date: April 20, 1962
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 20, 1943?]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes written on Aitchison Topeka & Santa Fe stationary, discussing her trip to Wichita, visits with people in Dallas and Atlanta, traveling to Richmond, and her anxiety about having to fly over New York City.
Date: 1943-12-20?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Ann Upshur Eyre to her sister, Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, February 20, 1812]

Description: Letter from Ann Upshur Eyre to her sister, Elizabeth Upshur Teackle. She states that she will not be able to visit Elizabeth because of the bad state of the roads and she hears Littleton Dennis Teackle has returned home. She mentions her mother-in-law, Margaret Taylor Eyre, is ill. She says the girls will have to come visit Elizabeth soon and she will send Abel, an enslaved man, with them. She then talks about Elizabeth's finances, local gossip about the Tabb family, and an event in Norfolk. Th… more
Date: February 20, 1812
Creator: Eyre, Ann Upshur
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre, September 20, 1813]

Description: Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre, updating her on their return from Ann's house to Princess Anne. Elizabeth says that her husband Littleton has been sick. She also describes how she tripped out of her carriage and hit her head. She discusses how the town is full of military and Major Daniel Martin shared some war stories with her. She also talks about John Nivison.
Date: September 20, 1813
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Upshur
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

[Letter from Eliza Archer to Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby, July 20, 1857]

Description: Letter from Eliza Archer to Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby, celebrating Quinby's move to the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Archer also writes of her two new grandchildren, the death of her husband, and the idea of buying land in Virginia. She does not want to buy a farm, because she cannot afford to buy slaves to work the land.
Date: July 20, 1857
Creator: Archer, Eliza
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
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