Voices of the Eastern Shore: The World of Elizabeth Upshur Teackle

Come and learn about Elizabeth Upshur Teackle (1783-1836), her life and the world in which she lived, based on the voluminous Teackle family correspondence which sheds light on local, regional, national and international events of the time.

• Elizabeth and her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, both from prominent Virginia Eastern Shore families, relocated to Princess Anne shortly after their marriage and built the Teackle Mansion, also known as ‘Teackletonia’.
• Mrs. Teackle was a poet, an early American bluestocking, gardener, homemaker and match-maker.
• Events from the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the Napoleonic Wars are described in the correspondence of this Eastern Shore woman and her family.

PRESENTERS:

• Dreanna Belden – Assistant Dean for External Partnerships of the University of North Texas Libraries and a direct descendant of Elizabeth Teackle
• G. Ray Thompson – Former Professor and Chair of the History Department at Salisbury University, and Co-founder of the Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture
• Randy George – Chairman of the Somerset County Historical Trust, whose transcription of the letters, diaries & ledgers of Littleton Dennis Teackle will be added in the next phase of the on-going Voices of the Eastern Shore project.