Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her step-father, John Upshur of Brownsville, from Philadelphia. She writes of her sister and her opinions of society.

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre. She voices her irritation and scolds her sister for not visiting or writing her, saying Ann missed many events and visitors who would've liked to see her. She also talks of their shared acquaintances Betsey Dennis, Louisa A Bowdoin, Leah Savage, Ann Billings Steele Upshur, Mary Nevett Steele. She says that the health of baby Virginia, daughter of her brother Arthur Upshur and Ann Billings Steele Upshur, is improving. She mentions that Lucy, an enslaved person of the Teackle's, helps breastfeed the baby. The last page(s) of the letter are missing.