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Poems of Mary Steele Wakeford Poems of Mary Steele Wakeford (“Amira”). Poems on devotional subjects 1748–1769: p. 1 [untitled] (“Omnipotent Creator”); p. 5 [untitled] (“My infant day”); p. 7A reflection [on] the past year Dec. 31 1748 (“Another year is fled”); p. 13 On Dr [Edward] Young's Night Thoughts, Apr. 4 1748 (“Night thoughts, what are they”); p. 15 [untitled]… 

Hugh Steele-Smith's Research Files

Notes on Anne Steele Notes on Anne Steele

Chronicle Summary and Extracts “Chronicle summary” [chronology based largely on D/STE 3/7–13 and other letters], followed by memorial extracts from: “The Mourner’s Consolation: a Discourse on the Death of Anne Steele” (1778?); Polly [Mary, later Dunscombe] Steele, “Elegy written at Broughton 1779”; Caleb Evans, “Advertisement” for poems, with further elegiac lines by Polly Steele (1780); John Sheppard, “Memoir” for… 

References from Diaries, etc. “References to Anne Steele in Mrs Steele’s Diary”, 1730–1760 [cf. STE 2/1]; also some extracts from Mary Wakeford’s diary [not in collection], 1754–1769, recorded by S. A. Bompas, and “List of letters from Bratton Collection” [i.e. Reeves Collection];

Anne Steele Letter Commentaries 2 draft itemised commentaries on Anne Steele’s letters. Transcripts of Anne Steele Tomkins Copies Typed transcripts of “the contents of the MS Book which I have marked L”, copied, it is suggested, by Anne Steele Tomkins (38 pp.).

Ann Cator Steele Diary Abridgements Typescript abridgements of diaries of Ann Cator Steele (with MS additions and sometimes successive sequences covering the same periods).

Ann Cator Steele Diary Abridgements Typescript abridgements of diaries of Ann Cator Steele (with MS additions and sometimes successive sequences covering the same periods): Book II (1730–1733) [Book I is not in collection].

Ann Cator Steele Diary Abridgements Typescript abridgements of diaries of Ann Cator Steele (with MS additions and sometimes successive sequences covering the same periods): Book II (1734–1736).
“A Baptist Minister’s Wife of the 1730s” “A Baptist Minister’s Wife of the 1730s”—several drafts working on Ann Cator Steele diary material, with a photocopy of some pages of the MS.
Ann Cator Steele Diary Abridgements (Continued) Typescript abridgements of diaries of Ann Cator Steele (with MS additions and sometimes successive sequences covering the same periods). Ann Cator Steele Diary Abridgements Typescript abridgements of diaries of Ann Cator Steele (with MS additions and sometimes successive sequences covering the same periods): Book V (1749–1752).
Ann Cator Steele Diary Abridgements Typescript abridgements of diaries of Ann Cator Steele (with MS additions and sometimes successive sequences covering the same periods): Book VI (1753–1755).
Ann Cator Steele Diary Abridgements Typescript abridgements of diaries of Ann Cator Steele (with MS additions and sometimes successive sequences covering the same periods): Book VI (1756–1760).
Ann Cator Steele Diary Transcripts “Uncorrected” typed transcript of diary of Mrs [Ann Cator] Steele [Book II], 1730–1732.
Ann Cator Steele Diary Transcripts “Uncorrected” typed transcript of diary of Mrs [Ann Cator] Steele [Book II], 1730.
Ann Cator Steele Diary Transcripts “Uncorrected” typed transcript of diary of Mrs [Ann Cator] Steele [Book II], 1732.
Typescripts and Photocopies on the Steele Family of Broughton Typescripts on the Steele family of Broughton.
Photocopies of Autograph Documents Photocopies of autograph documents: William Steele III to his first wife Anne Froud, 1713, and her to him, 1714; Anne Steele to her stepmother, Anne Cator Steele, 26 September (?) 1729, and her brother, William Steele IV, 4 February 1762; diary of Anne Cator Steele, 9 July 1732, re baptism of Anne Steele [cf. D/STE…
Steele Family Trees 8 MS family trees of Steeles and related families (Froud, Manfield, Cator, Attwater, Knight, Sturges).
H. F. Steele-Smith, “Some Notes on a Hampshire Family” H. F. Steele-Smith, “Some Notes on a Hampshire Family” (typescript, dated 1986, introduction rev. 1989).
H. F. Steele-Smith, “Some Notes on a Hampshire Family” (Additional) “Chapter XIII”, added in 1989 re Mary Steele Tomkins; also an “Epilogue” (re Bompas and other descendants) and “Addenda” (re literary pseudonyms, Broughton hearth-tax, etc.).
H. F. Steele-Smith, “Some Notes on a Hampshire Family” (Appendices) Various appendices: “Mr Grant and Betty Jones” [following drafts in D/STE 11/3]; “Mr Steele’s Accident”; on Anne Steele’s health [two versions: derived from D/STE 11/1/3]; on Broughton topography and Steele properties (with maps).
Poems Transcribed by Anne Steele Tomkins Transcripts of various family poems copied by Anne Steele [Tomkins]: A. S., “A Letter from W. S. W. to his Father” (“Dear Sir, perhaps you think I ought” [D/STE 3/3/6/13]); A. S., [Two] “Epitaph[s] on a Gold Finch” (“By Pussy’s (unrelenting) Paws” [D/STE 3/3/6/43] and “A little nameless Warbler we deplore”); “Fragment” (“Worth all the… Transcripts of Steele Wills
Hugh Steele-Smith's Additional Research Notes Hugh Steele-Smith's Notes on the Steele family, Selina Bompas, etc. Notes and extracts, e.g. from Ann Cator Steele’s diary and materials re Broughton Baptist Church, Hampshire.
Cuttings re Ann Cator Steele's Diaries
Hugh Steele-Smith's Notes on Steele, Bompas, and Tomkins Families Family history notes, also randomly incorporating random letters to 18th-century Tomkins and, especially, Selina Bompas.

Notes on Bompas, Steele, and FitzGibbon Families Typescript notes on Bompas, Steele, FitzGibbon families, including memoir by Selina Bompas.

Booklets on Steele Family and Broughton Printed booklets on the Steele family, and local histories of Broughton and Broughton Baptist Church, Hampshire.

Copies of Gay and Steele Family Papers Photocopies of letters from John Gay, Richard Gay, Anne Steele; and Steele family tree 1820 (originals in the possession of Marjorie Reeves).

Printed Books by or Owned by the Steele Family

Hymn Tunes [William Steele senior?]

Mary Steele [Dunscombe], “Danebury and other Poems”, etc. Printed volume (quarto). All contents have their own title-pages and pagination sequences. Inscription on front flyleaf [detached] reads “Mary Steele Tomkins 1816”.

Mary Steele [Dunscombe], “Danebury and other Poems” “Danebury or the Power of Friendship, A Tale: With Two Odes. By a Young Lady.” Bristol, printed by W. Pine [no date], price 1s. 6d. (dedication to the author's father, advertisement describing Danebury Hill in Hampshire, text of the poem, the first line of which is “In ancient times e'er peace with lenient smile”), 32…

Mary Scott, “The Female Advocate” The Female Advocate; a Poem occasioned by reading Mr Duncombe's Feminead: by Miss Scott, London, printed for Joseph Johnson, 1774, price 2s. (title and price overprinted at the top at the page “W. Steele, Broughton, Hants”, full title-page, dedication “To a Lady”, text of poem, the first line of which is “Now, big with storms,…

Mary Steele [Dunscombe], “Danebury or the Power of Friendship” Danebury or the Power of Friendship, A Tale. With Two Odes. By a Young Lady. Bristol, printed by W. Pine [no date], price 1s. 6d. (title and price with inserted manuscript note “Danebury a Poem written by Mrs Dunscombe [sic] at the age of 15” in 19th-century hand, full title-page, dedication to the author's father,…

Samuel Marsh Oram, “Poems” Poems by the late Mr Samuel Marsh Oram [with] An Introduction by Percival Stockdale, London, printed for T. Cadell, 1794, price 2s. 6d. (full title-page inscribed “M. Steele” in manuscript at top fore-edge, Stockdale's introduction being notes on Oram's life, writings and character, dated “May's Buildings, Jan. 12th 1794”, text of thirteen poems, list of…

Mary Steele Tomkins, “Canzona” and Notes Manuscript “Canzona in Five Verses by Mary Steele Tomkins”, with additional memoranda and rough notes in her hand.
Isaac Watts, “Hymns” (Anne Steele's)
Isaac Watts, “Hymns” (Anne Steele's) Anne Steele's copy of Isaac Watts' “Hymns” (1778)
Anne Steele’s Bible Anne Steele's copy of Bible (1690 edn).
Anne Steele's New Testament Anne Steele's copy of New Testament (1769).
Mrs Chapone's Letters Anne Steele Tomkins' copy of Mrs Chapone's Letters (1816).
“Theodosia” [Anne Steele], “Verses for Children”
“Theodosia” [Anne Steele], “Verses for Children” “Theodosia” [Anne Steele]’s posthumosly published “Verses for Children” (E. Easton, Salisbury, 1788) in hand-sewn wallpaper cover. Henry and William Steele Papers (Broughton)

William Steele Senior Sermons: Old Testament Sermons, sewn together individually and bundled by book of the Bible.

William Steele Senior Sermons: New Testament Sermons, sewn together individually and bundled by book of the Bible.

Henry Steele (?) Sermons

William Steele Senior (?): Additional Sermons

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Verses by Her Contemporaries Copied by Mary Steele Dunscombe Verses by contemporaries of Mary Steele Dunscombe, some copied out in her own hand. Include verses by Eliza ––, anon. verses addressed to Miss Martha Steele or to Sylvia [i.e. Mary herself], by Lord Melcombe, by Miss Seward, by J. E. Stock. 1 [untitled] (“Though fancy, taste and elegance”), signed “Eliza” at the end, and… 

Prose Writings by Mary Steele Dunscombe Prose writings by Mary Steele Dunscombe, 1773–1811: 1 Copy of the review of “Danebury” from the “Monthly Review” (July 1773); 2 Memorial to George Bullock (died 4 March 1775) and his sister Mary Bullock (Mary Steele Dunscombe's mother, who died 13 May 1762); 3 Thoughts on Discontent by Dr [Edward] Young 27 December 1775 [two… 

Letters from Mary Steele Dunscombe to Mary Steele (née Bullock)

Letter from Mary Steele Dunscombe to Mary Steele (née Bullock) Letter from Mary Steele Dunscombe (aged 8) to her mother, Broughton 20 November 1761: goes to school with her aunt, is learning to read, write, spell, and also “to walk upright”, father has bought her a blue satin hat and other gifts from London.

Correspondence between Mary Steele Dunscombe and Anne Steele Tomkins Correspondence between Mary Steele Dunscombe and her half–sister Anne Steele Tomkins (“Nancy”). Since none of the letters directly respond to each other, they are kept in two groups: 8 letters from Mary to Anne, 1786–1808, and 5 letters from Anne (at Oakley House, Abingdon, or Malpas, near Newport, Monmouthshire) to Mary, 1787–1808. Letters of Mary Steele Dunscombe to Anne Steele Tomkins 8 letters from Mary to Anne, 1786–1808. Subjects include: first letter by MS written since her father's death [1785], while staying with “Myrtilla” [Jane Attwater], complains of being “deaf with perpetual noise in my head”,16 June 1786 (no. 1); sends a fairy tale for Anne's daughter Mary Tomkins, 20 February [1787?] (no. 4); Mr Dunscombe…

Letters of Anne Steele Tomkins to Mary Steele Dunscombe 5 letters from Anne (at Oakley House, Abingdon, or Malpas, near Newport, Monmouthshire) to Mary, 1787–1808. Anne praises the scenery of the River Wye and Tintern while at Malpas, 2 November 1807 (no. 4, a.k.a. 12); Anne leaving Malpas to live at 9 Grosvenor Place, Bath, 8 January 1808 (no. 5, a.k.a. 13).

Letters from Mary Steele Dunscombe to Martha Steele (“Patty”)

Letters from Mary Steele Dunscombe to her half-sister Martha Steele (“Patty”)

Letters from Mary Steele Dunscombe to Martha Steele (“Patty”) Letters from Mary Steele Dunscombe to her half-sister Martha Steele (“Patty”). Subjects include: condolences on the death of their father and urging her to lose her faults of contention over minor matters, distrust, and disrespect for her mother [1786] (no. 1); offering spiritual guidance after the death of her mother, 1791 (no. 2); describes visit…

Correspondence between Mary Steele Dunscombe and Mary Steele Tomkins (later Bompas) Letters from Mary Steele Dunscombe to her niece Mary Tomkins; also includes one reply from Mary, 1807 (no. 7). Subjects include: description of the garden at Broughton, invitation to Mary to stay with her and Lucy “before you go to school” [at Mrs Biggs, Peckham], [c.1803] (no. 2); describes improvements to Broughton garden “we are…

Letters and Verses from Mary Steele Dunscombe to Mary Scott

Letters and Verses from Mary Steele Dunscombe to Mary Scott Letters from Mary Steele Dunscombe (signed “Sylvia”) to her friend Mary Scott (“Myra”). Subjects include: letter including a poem “A Reflection” (“How pleasing is the view”) “wrote in 1768”, 19 January 1769 (no. 1); to Miss Scott at Milbourn Port, Somerset, her father proposes a few amendments to a poem Myra has sent, Mary Steele…

Letters to Mary Steele from Misses More of Bath

Letters to Mary Steele (later Dunscombe) from Hannah and Martha More Letters to Mary Steele from the sisters Miss Hannah and Miss Martha More of Park Street, Bath (actually written by the former), deferring an invitation to take tea at Park Street and regretting that they had been unable to say farewell before Miss Steele left (undated but before 1796). 

Letters to Mary Steele Dunscombe from Caleb Evans and Others Letters to Mary Steele (“Sylvia”) at Broughton from Dr Caleb Evans of Bristol, Mr D. Turner of Abingdon, and Mr J. E. Manning at Exeter, after the death of her aunt Anne Steele (“Theodosia”). Evans' letters are as follows: condolences, 15 November 1778 (no. 1); offers spiritual comfort in bereavement, 12 December 1778 (no. 2);… 

Miscellaneous Papers of Mary Steele (later Dunscombe)

Miscellaneous papers relating to Mary Steele Dunscombe: includes pages torn from Mary Steele Dunscombe's pocket diaries and containing jottings of verses, financial accounts, notes of visitors, letters sent and received, family events, 1770–1789 (no. 1); newspaper cutting reporting the death of Mary Steele Dunscombe at Broughton, aged 61 [1813] (no. 2).  

Correspondence of Anne Tomkins (née Steele) and Mary Steele Tomkins (later Bompas) Correspondence of Anne Tomkins (née Steele) and her daughter Mary Steele Tomkins Bompas, 1806–1858.

Letters of Mary Steele Tomkins (later Bompas) to Anne Steele Tomkins Letters to Anne Steele Tomkins from her daughter Mary Steele Tomkins Bompas, 1806–1858.

Letters from Anne Tomkins (née Steele) to Mary Steele Tomkins (later Bompas) Letters from Anne Tomkins (née Steele) to her daughter Mary Steele Tomkins Bompas, 1800–1858.

Letters of Anne Steele Tomkins to Mary Steele Tomkins (later Bompas) Letters from Anne Steele Tomkins to her daughter Mary Steele Tomkins (later Bompas), 1800–1817.
Letters of Anne Steele Tomkins to Mary Steele Tomkins Bompas Letters from Anne Steele Tomkins to her daughter Mary Steele Tomkins Bompas, 1823–1829.
Letters of Anne Steele Tomkins to Mary Steele Tomkins Bompas Letters from Anne Steele Tomkins to her daughter Mary Steele Tomkins Bompas, 1830–1839.
Letters of Anne Steele Tomkins to Mary Steele Tomkins Bompas Additional letters from Anne Steele Tomkins to her daughter Mary Steele Tomkins Bompas, n.d. but probably 1830s.
Letters of Anne Steele Tomkins to Mary Steele Tomkins Bompas Letters from Anne Steele Tomkins to her daughter Mary Steele Tomkins Bompas, 1846–1849.
Letters of Anne Steele Tomkins to Mary Steele Tomkins Bompas Letters from Anne Steele Tomkins to her daughter Mary Steele Tomkins Bompas, 1846–1849.
Letters of Anne Steele Tomkins to Mary Steele Tomkins Bompas Letters from Anne Steele Tomkins to her daughter Mary Steele Tomkins Bompas, 1850–1854 (also n.d.).
Letters of Anne Steele Tomkins to Mary and Sophia Bompas Letters from Anne Steele Tomkins to her daughter Mary Steele Tomkins Bompas, 1855–1858; also damaged letters to her granddaughter, Sophia Bompas, n.d.
Various Correspondence of Anne Tomkins (née Steele) Letters of Anne Steele Tomkins to Mary Wakeford Junior [Copy of] letter from Anne Steele [Tomkins?] to [her cousin?] M[ary] W[akeford junior], n.d.
Also
Letters from John Brickenden Froud to Anne Steele Tomkins 6 letters from John Brickenden Froud to his (second?) cousin Anne Steele Tomkins, 1811–1816; also typescript notes (maybe Hugh Steele-Smith’s?) re Froud, chaplain and possibly brother-in-law to Admiral Sir Edward Pellew. Letters from Eliza Coltman to Anne Steele Tomkins Letters to Anne Steele Tomkins from Eliza Coltman, 1813–1815. Charity Correspondence of Anne Steele Tomkins Draft letters to Miss S. Nichols and a “Dear Sir” re ragged schools; letter to Anne Steele Tomkins from Southampton, 1842, re activities to benefit seafarers. Letters from John Sheppard to Anne Steele Tomkins Letter from John Sheppard to Anne Steele Tomkins, from Frome, 1838 and 1842. Letter from J. J. Wilkinson to Anne Steele Tomkins Letter from J[ane] J. Wilkinson to Anne Steele Tomkins, postmarked 6 September 1828. Anne Steele Tomkins Miscellaneous or Unidentified Correspondence 4 letters to Anne Steele Tomkins still to be elucidated, apparently from Sophia Hamley of Broughton, 1853; J. B. Winter (?) of Brighton, 1841; T. (?) Sellwood; and another. Anne Tomkins (née Steele) Miscellanea Lithograph of Anne Steele Tomkins Mary Steele Tomkins Bompas Letters from Joseph Tomkins to Mary Steele Tomkins (later Bompas) Letters from Joseph Tomkins [junior] to his daughter Mary Steele Tomkins, 1803–1817.

Letters from Martha Steele to Mary Steele Tomkins (later Bompas) Letters from Martha Steele to her niece Mary Steele Tomkins, 1802–1818. Letters from Hannah Tomkins (later Sheppard) to Mary Steele Tomkins (later Bompas) Letters from Hannah Tomkins (later Sheppard) to her cousin Mary Steele Tomkins (later Bompas), largely from Abingdon, 1803–1819? Letters from Jane and William Steele Tomkins to Mary Steele Tomkins Bompas Letters from Jane Tomkins to her sister Mary Steele Tomkins Bompas (now married), 1824–1858; also 1 from her brother, [William] Steele Tomkins [senior], 1825. Letters from Anne Steele Tomkins to Mary Steele Tomkins Bompas Letters from Anne Steele Tomkins to her sister Mary Steele Tomkins Bompas, 1830–1841 (also n.d.). Mary and Anne Steele Tomkins Miscellaneous Papers Mary and Anne Steele Tomkins, miscellaneous letters and recollections, c.1847–1860. Letters from M. Attwater to Mary Steele Tomkins (later Bompas) Letters from M. Attwater to her cousin Mary Steele Tomkins (later Bompas), from Bodenham, 1818–1820; some also to her mother, Anne Steele Tomkins. Letters from Mary Conybeare to Mary Steele Tomkins (later Bompas) Letters from Mary, and sometimes J. J. [John Josias?], Conybeare to Mary Steele Tomkins (later Bompas), c.1817–1823. Letters from Lydia Haynes to Mary Steele Tomkins (later Bompas) Letters from Lydia Haynes to Mary Steele Tomkins (later Bompas), c.1813–1821. Letters from C. Martineau to Mary Steele Tomkins (later Bompas) Letters from C. Martineau to Mary Steele Tomkins, 1805–1810. Letters from Sally Mallett (later Hall) to Mary Steele Tomkins (later Bompas) Letters from Sally Mallett (later Hall) to Mary Steele Tomkins (later Bompas), largely from Clapham, 1813–1818. Etc, etc.

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Verses to Nancy Steele (later Howard) Verses initialled J. H. (I said to my heart), praising “Chloe” alias Nancy Steele (whose name is crossed out and “Mrs Howard” written above it); are they from Mr Howard?
Papers of William Steele Junior
Poems by William Steele Junior 7 manuscript poems by William Steele IV (loose sheets and one sewn booklet labelled “Will Steele junr”).
Poems by William Steele Junior 7 manuscript poems by William Steele IV (loose sheets and one sewn booklet labelled “Will Steele junr”).
Isaiah xxxv A paraphrase on ye 35th of Isaiah (“The Saviour reigns! Ye barren regions sing”): 3 pp, dated at the end “August 19th 1734”; p. 3 endorsed "Mr W. Steele Junr".
The Mourning Lover The Mourning Lover (“When Phoebus down ye Western hills”). 35 stanzas on one folded sheet, endorsed “Mr Hitchin”. Annotated in pencil [by Henry Steele-Smith?] “Celia ref. William's hand. Anne's poem?”
A Poem occasioned by the late Tempest Manuscript booklet labelled on the wrapper “Willm Steele Junr” and containing A Poem occasioned by ye late Tempest Jan. 8th 1734/5 (“Aw'd by ye voice of Heaven! ye Sylvan Muse”): 21 pp., 620 ll. Commonplace Book of William Steele Junior
Commonplace book of William Steele (inscription inside front cover reads “Ex libris Gul[ielmi] Steele junr”, along with ink jottings and the Lord’s Prayer written in minute script inside a circle less than 1 inch diameter). All in William Steele's hand, although the style changes to a smaller and more cursive form from fol. 40 …
Transcripts after William Steele Junior
William Steele Junior’s Prayer for His Daughters (Transcript) Transcript by Anne Steele Tomkins of a prayer by her father William Steele for his three daughters [Mary Dunscombe, Anne Steele Tomkins, Martha Steele], sent to Miss S. Bompas at Broughton, September 1876.
Correspondence between William Steele Junior and Martha Goddard
Correspondence between William Steele and his second wife, Martha Goddard.
Correspondence between William Steele Junior and Martha Goddard
Correspondence between William Steele and his second wife, Martha Goddard.
Letter from Martha Goddard to William Steele Letter from Martha to William Steele, 3 February 1768, just prior to their marriage, expressing a wish to be a true friend to Miss Steele [his sister or his daughter?].
Letter from William Steele to Martha Steele (née Goddard)
Letter from William Steele to Martha, 25 April 1768, describing his family's reception of the news of his remarriage.
Letter of Dismission for Martha Steele from Pershore Baptist Church, Worcestershire Letter of dismission for Martha Steele (née Goddard) from Pershore Baptist Church, Worcestershire, to Broughton Baptist Church, Hampshire, 28 August 1768.
Letters from William Steele Junior to Mary Steele Dunscombe (“Polly”) Letters from William Steele, mainly from Broughton or Bristol, to his daughter Mary Steele Dunscombe (“Polly”) at Exeter, Yeovil, etc., 1769–1777.
Letters from William Steele to Mary Steele Dunscombe of 1769 1769: staying with Mr Atwater at Bodenham, in good health (1 May).
Letters from William Steele to Mary Steele Dunscombe of 1770 1770: sends buckles with this letter (26 March); Mary's sister Nancy [Anne, later Tomkins] just learning to walk (1 June); Mary staying with Mr & Mrs Blight at Exeter, and discussing the propriety of making some gift to Miss Blight (7 June); “your little sister grows apace and begins to prattle” (11 July); has sent…
Letters from William Steele to Mary Steele Dunscombe of 1771 1771: her aunt is very ill, Miss [Mary] Scott visited and “desired her love to Sylvia” (23–25 June); looking forward to visit by Mary and Miss Froud (29 June); has arrived safely at Bristol to visit Mrs Evans who is very ill, Mr Harris (brother-in-law to the late Mr Evans of Yeovil) has been killed…
Letters from William Steele to Mary Steele Dunscombe of 1772 1772: “Mr D––d the significant is to be here [Broughton] tomorrow, if he should be at Yeovil to hold forth with you while you are there I would have you be as little in his company as possible because your uncle will be made uneasy by his significant insignificancies” (9 September); has bought a bay…
Letters from William Steele to Mary Steele Dunscombe of 1773 1773: cannot send the chaise for her to come home [from Bradford-on-Avon], as one of the horses is lame and next week William Steele needs the chaise himself to attend the Assizes at Winchester on the Grand Jury, Nancy [Anne, later Tomkins]'s fourth birthday “she has been to the measuring place and is above your…
Letters from William Steele to Mary Steele Dunscombe of 1774 1774: has written to her uncle urging moderation in his dislike of the Baptists at Yeovil and his “passionate behaviour to Mr Taylor” (27 August); (during extended visit to Pershore) has attended Harvest Home at Birlington, “such immense Quantities of Beef Puddings pies etc I have scarce ever seen but not the least appearance of…
Letters from William Steele to Mary Steele Dunscombe of 1775 1775: death of three children of Mr Rawlings, wheeler, in smallpox epidemic at Yeovil (27 May); difficult journey to Yeovil, would have stayed overnight at Hindon “but it being Fair all the Inn was full of Riot” (4 November); Nancy [Anne, later Tomkins] has started school at Mr Winsor’s (8 November).
Letters from William Steele to Mary Steele Dunscombe of 1776 1776: her aunt [Anne Steele] in failing health and unable to follow Dr B.’s advice or take his draughts over a long period; death of Mrs Haysey and funeral sermon preached by Mr Kent (3 September).
Letters from William Steele to Mary Steele Dunscombe of 1777 1777: reluctantly in London to see Mr Berdmore [a dentist?] and also seek a publisher for his sister [Anne Steele]'s poems and his daughter's writings (5 August); still in London and describes the heat, the smoky atmosphere and the noise of London in August, enjoyed a visit to Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens, has left his sister's manuscript with Messrs Dilly and “am to call again Monday, I have not showed them “Danebury” yet but intend it then” (9 August); pleasant visit to Mr Dun's villa at Richmond where Dun read “Danebury” “and all were well pleased with it”, not looking forward to dining with Mr Dilly, who is not interested in selling his sister [Anne Steele]'s works because “poetry sells the worst of any books” but he has undertaken to publish 250 copies of “Danebury”, has visited Vauxhall [Gardens] “’tis greatly altered since I was last there but I think not for the better as ‘tis farther from Nature” (14 August); has paid Bardmore 20 guineas [for dentures?] “as yet of very little use to me but Dr [John?] Ash says it will be better in a little time. He has made him a sett as good as good as Berdmore's and I have the vanity to think I shall be able to do the same... as they wear out much sooner than I thought and a frequent renewal of them will be very expensive” (23 August); sister [Anne Steele]'s health deteriorating, her lucid intervals now very short and she is in pain (27 August); smallpox epidemic in Bristol, so he will return to Broughton via Amesbury “and see Stonehenge”, rumour that Mr [Nathaniel] Rawlings has been asked by Trowbridge Baptists to leave Bristol [or Broughton?] and return to Trowbridge as their preacher, working in the clothing trade with his wife's relations, met Mr and Mrs Bedome [sic] at Mr Norton's yesterday and Beddome preached at Broadmead on Sunday morning, describes Henry Kent who “has become so great a beau” in second mourning, letter includes postscript from “Amanda” [Miss Amanda Froud] to “Sylvia” [Mary Steele] (9 September); social calls in Bristol, Danebury read before a full assembly that afternoon (11 September); Mr [Josiah] Lewis, a minister from Kent known to Mr Evans [Caleb or Hugh?], is staying at Broughton as a supply preacher (13 December); hopes Mr Lewis will stay but fears Broughton does not please him, meanwhile Lewis goes to Newbury in place of Mr Stephens who is already booked to preach at Broughton for two to three weeks (24 December)
Papers Possibly Relating to William Steele Junior’s Daughter Martha
Miss Steele’s Fête Damaged MS verse re “Miss Steele’s Fête”, 11 June 1821 [William Steele Junior’s daughter perhaps the most likely Miss Steele at that date?].
Mary Steele Dunscombe Poems Volume of poems by Mary Steele Dunscombe, in her own hand 1766–1784 (or 1788?), with additions in a later hand 1870–1875 (88 pp.). Contents: p. 1 To Miss [Mary] Scott on reading the Female Advocate (“Oh while a grateful world”); p. 3 To Myra (“Friend of my heart”) [see also STE 5/3, p. 79, where… Mary Steele Dunscombe Poems Volume of poems by Mary Steele Dunscombe, in her own hand, 1770–1771 (17 pp.). Contents: p. 1 On Friendship, addressed to Sylvia 1770 (“Let poets sing”) and “signed” Myra [Mary Scott, later Taylor]; p. 3 To Myra, occasioned by the foregoing (“What power can thus”) and “signed” Sylvia; p. 5 To Sylvia 1770 (“What though…
Mary Steele Dunscombe Poems Volume of poems by Mary Steele Dunscombe in her own hand: several are drafts, much amended, 1777–1810. Contents: p. 1 Written in the garden at Broughton during the absence of the family, 1777 (“In vain I seek”) [see also STE 5/1, p. 59]; p. 3 The primrose and the bramble: a fable addressed to my…
Commonplace Book Commonplace book of Mary Steele Dunscombe, containing verses initialled or signed by authors, c.1796. Contents—verses: fol. 1r The Flower Gatherers, a Pastoral Dialogue (“As though the meadows”), addressed to Nancy and Patty, Mary Steele Dunscombe’s half-sisters Anne (“born 1769”: later Tomkins) and Martha (“born 1770”); fol. 2v The Primrose and the Bramble (“When Nature wore”);…
Loose Poems of Mary Steele Dunscombe Poems (loose sheets) by Mary Steele Dunscombe, mainly written in her own hand, some with additions written on to slips pinned to the paper (her distinctive method of adding material).
Loose Verses 1769–1772 1 [A Meditation] (“Here may I read”); 2 Ode on the approach of Winter 1769 (“Gentle fancy”); 3 A Winter's Walk 1770 (“While in my native fields”); 4 On solitude 1770 (“All hail sweet solitude”); 5 Ode written Aug. 24th 1770 (“Come sweet content”); 6 To Myra 1770 (“What pow'r can thus”); 7 [untitled] (“O…
Loose Verses 1773–1774
1 Occasioned by viewing a profile of my mother inscrib'd to my dear and honoured father 1773 (“While pensive I survey”);
2 To a friend on her marriage Jan. 1773 (“Could artless friendship”);
3 Written while my hair was dressing 1773 (“Can gaudy dress”);
4 To Myrtilla [Jane Attwater] 1773 (“Oh thou to whom”)…
Loose Verses 1775–1777 Verses written 1775–1777:
1 [untitled] (“Oh while applauses deck”);
2 An ode finished in the year 1775 (“How fair yon landscape”);
3 Written during the illness of my ever Dear and Honor'd Uncle and since his death, which Awful Event took place March 4th 1775 (“Oh haste ye terror-laden moments”);
4 In memory of George…
Loose Verses 1781–1791 Verses written 1781–1791: 1 To Myrtilla 1781 (“With love as warm”); 2 To my dear and honour'd father on his birthday March 16 1784 (“And shall this day”) [endorsed in William Steele's hand “My daughter's verses on my birthday”]; 3 Martha Steele, widow of William Steele esq., died May 31st 1791 aged 57 (“On this…
Fragmentary and Undated Verses Fragmentary and undated verses:
1 Elegy (“Ye scenes where”) [see STE 5/1, p. 17];
2 The Morning in April (“First of the train”);
3 [Written in Spring] (“Fond flattering thought”) [see STE 5/1, p. 83];
4 [untitled] (“My dearest Mama; With a sigh”) [Verses written to her stepmother Martha Goddard Steele and referring to half-sister…
Mary Steele Dunscombe Exercise Book Exercise book of verses by Mary Steele Dunscombe, 1770–1785, some in her own hand, some copied out by her half-sisters:
1 To Myrtilla, 1 Jan. 1781 (“With love as warm”);
2 Song to Sarissa (“Hail hail to fair freedom”);
3 A Winter's Walk, 1770 (“While o'er my native fields”);
4 Occasion'd by viewing a shade…
Poems of Mary Steele Dunscombe Transcribed by William Steele Junior Poems of Mary Steele Dunscombe transcribed by her father William Steele IV (26 pp.: several have alterations, and the lines are also numbered, as if in preparation for publication). 1 Danebury (“In ancient times”); 2 Spring, an Ode (“At length my hand resumes”); 3 Evening, an Elegy (“Hail gentle evening”); 4 Ode written in 1775…

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133. Anne Steele Handwriting Exercises

Notebook of handwriting exercises by Anne Steele (aged 11), 1728.

134. Josiah Lewis, “A Pious Memorial”

Manuscript volume entitled “A Pious Memorial”, containing “The Mourner's Consolation: a discourse occasioned by the decease of Mrs Anne Steele of Broughton” [1778], and dedicated to her sister Martha Steele and nieces Maria, Anne, and Martha Steele; and “The Supports of Faith delineated: a discourse occasioned by the decease of William Steele [IV], esq., of Broughton [1785], and dedicated to his widow Martha Steele and her daughters Maria, Anne, and Martha Steele.

135. Josiah Lewis, “The Mourner's Consolation”

“The Mourner's Consolation: a discourse occasioned by the decease of Mrs Anne Steele of Broughton” [1778], and dedicated to her sister Martha Steele and nieces Maria, Anne, and Martha Steele.

136. Josiah Lewis, “The Supports of Faith delineated”

“The Supports of Faith delineated: a discourse occasioned by the decease of William Steele [IV], esq., of Broughton [1785], and dedicated to his widow Martha Steele and her daughters Maria, Anne, and Martha Steele.

137. Letters about Anne Steele

19th- and 20th-century letters about Anne Steele, 1821–1924. (1) B. H. [Bourne Hall?] Draper of Broughton [or Southampton?] to Mrs Anne Steele Tomkins of Broughton, 18 April 1821: appreciation of Anne Steele sent to Anne Tomkins as “nearest relation of the admirable Theodosia” (i.e. niece?), with verses written while visiting Anne Steele's tomb at Broughton.…

138. Verses by Contemporaries

Miscellaneous verses and prose by contemporaries of Anne Steele (including Beddome, Lavington, Rowe, Dean Swift).

139. Verses on Back of Letter

4 verses, written on the back of an unfinished letter addressed to Miss Steele December 1759: (1) On a birthday, by a Lady (“And has this year”); (2) verse by Mrs Hannah Wakeford, daughter of the Revd Mr Towgood of Exeter, on the occasion of receiving a mourning ring at the funeral of her husband's grandmother Mrs Hannah Wakeford, and shortly before her own death (“Welcome thou presage of my certain doom”); (3) Occasioned by the death of a respected relative (“Be still my grief”); (4) On a Watch, wrote about the close of 1754 (“Yes, gentle monitor”).

140. Verse Fragments

Fragments of verses:
(1) verse initialled J. F. L. [John Lavington], which includes references to Lucius and Aurelia [see also STE 3/3/1, pp. 89–90] and suggests that Lucius can be identified as Philip Furneaux, and Aurelia as either Anne Steele or Mary Wakeford (“Without inclination or talent to sing”);
(2) [on reverse] (“When coxcombs flatter”).
141. Transcriptions from Elizabeth Rowe
Copy letters from Elizabeth Row[e], transcribed by members of the Steele family:
(1) to the Revd Dr [Isaac] Watts concerning the publication of her religious writings [“Devout Exercises of the Heart”, published 1738], n.d.;
(2) deathbed letter saying farewell to her mother-in-law Mrs Sarah Row[e] [1737];
(3) similarly, addressed to “Lady Harford [Hertford: Frances Seymour]” [1737];
(4) preamble to Mrs Row's will, describing her as Elizabeth Row of Froome, widow.

Steele Papers 09 Letters [122-132]

122. Correspondence between Anne Steele and Nonconformist Friends

Correspondence between Anne Steele and the Baptist (and Congregationalist) literary circle beyond her immediate family (including correspondence with the Revd Benjamin Beddome, the Revd Caleb Ashworth, Philip Furneaux (“Lucius”)), 1742–1765.

123. Letter from Benjamin Beddome to Anne Steele

Letter from the Revd Benjamin Beddome, from Bourton, 23 December 1742, to Anne Steele: “Madam give me leave to tell you that these words [Milton's description of Eve] speak the very experience of my soul, nor do I find it possible to forbear loving you”.

124. Letter from Anne Steele to Philip Furneaux

Letter from Anne Steele to “Lucius” on human happiness and friendship.

125. Letter from Anne Steele to Philip Furneaux

Letter from Anne Steele to “Lucius” on human happiness and friendship.

126. Letter from Anne Steele to Philip Furneaux

Letter from Anne Steele to “Lucius” on human happiness and friendship. Again undated, but written on the back of a letter to Mr Manfield 12 August 1746 thanking him for sending her a petticoat hoop and regretting that she cannot visit as her brother and sister have been ill.

127. Letter from Anne Steele to Mrs Martin

Letter from Anne Steele to Mrs Martin at Mr Manfield's in Ringwood, September 1757: congratulating her on her engagement.

128. Letter from Anne Steele to a Gentleman

Letter from Anne Steele to an anonymous gentleman, undated: concerning the verses and writings of the the first Mrs Joseph Wakeford [Hannah Towgood, mother of Hannah Wakeford], thanking him for his own verses and for sending Mr Pike's sermons on sovereign grace (undated but written on the back of lines from “A Day of Thanksgiving” 29 November 1759).

129. Letter from Anne Steele to a Lady

Letter from Anne Steele to an anonymous lady, 8 August 1761: thanks her for her praise of Theodosia's verses.

130. Letter from Caleb Ashworth to Anne Steele

Letter from Revd Caleb Ashworth, from Daventry, 31 August 1763, to Anne Steele.

131. Draft Letter from Anne Steele to Caleb Ashworth

Draft letter from Anne Steele to Revd Caleb Ashworth at Daventry, in response to D/STE 3/13/1/8: thanks him and Mrs Ashworth for visiting Broughton and for their compliments on her verses.

132. Letter from Anne Steele to Caleb Ashworth

Final version letter from Anne Steele to Revd Caleb Ashworth at Daventry, 9 September 1763, in response to D/STE 3/13/1/8: thanks him and Mrs Ashworth for visiting Broughton and for their compliments on her verses.

Steele Papers 08 Letters [104-123]

104. Letter from Anne Steele to Mary Wakeford Steele

Silviana to Amira, undated: describes dream of a beautiful temple, idyllic love, and a gorgon-like creature: “don't let anybody see it except your Portius” [Joseph Wakeford].

105. Letter from Anne Steele to Mary Wakeford Steele

Silviana to Amira, undated: simile of a parent being like a gardener

106. Letter from Anne Steele to Mary Wakeford Steele

Silviana to Amira, undated: concerning everlasting life. 

107. Letter from Anne Steele to Mary Wakeford Steele

Silviana to Amira (draft letter), undated: includes poem (“May you be happy”), refers to death of Mrs Taunton.

108. Letter from Anne Steele to Mary Wakeford Steele

Silviana to Amira, 31 October 1752: reflects past conversation on the improvement of the human mind.

109. Letter from Anne Steele to Mary Wakeford Steele

Silviana to Amira, undated: concerning Silviana's preference for quiet contemplation rather than the social life of the “gay flutterers” of ballroom beaux and belles, notes that her mother is in better health, and her own health “a little mended”, refers to Philander [William Steele junior]'s garden as an allegory to spiritual life.

110. Letter from Mary Wakeford Steele to Anne Steele

Amira to Silviana 4 July 1757 (with postscript 13 July) probably replying to D/STE 3/10/1/9: concerning perceptions (for example her young son Samuel imagines that God lives at the Earl of Portsmouth [John Wallop]'s house because that was the finest building he knew), matches Silviana's garden allegories with those of house–cleaning. Postscript refers to the problems of coping with the current heatwave. 

111. Letter from Anne Steele to Mary Wakeford Steele

Silviana to Amira, undated but probably in reply to D/STE 3/10/1/10: concerning Amira's writings, develops further the allegory of a garden indicating divine influence.

112. Letter from Mary Wakeford Steele to Anne Steele

Amira to Silviana, 23 July 1757: has been to see the [military] camp pitching just outside town, depressed about own writings, Mr Furneau comes to visit next Thursday week “and talks of going to see Urania, as he calls you, Friday but that is meeting day here”, invites Silviana to stay while Mr Wakeford is away.

113. Letter from Mary Wakeford Steele to Anne Steele

Mary Wakeford to her half-sister Anne Steele, 10 November 1757: concerning Anne Steele's reluctance to accept help with her work from “a gentle swain”; gratitude for a recent visit from her father not expressed adequately due to “the children's perverseness and one thing and t'other”; misses conversation with adults while Mr Wakeford is away; urges the value of Anne Steele publishing her work.

114. Letter from Anne Steele to Mary Wakeford Steele

Silviana to Amira, undated but possibly in reply to D/STE 3/10/1/13: advises Amira to ponder thoughts of importance and avoid complaining, and that both she and Amira are prone to diffidence concerning their own worth.

115. Letter from Anne Steele to Mary Wakeford Steele Silviana to Amira, undated: discussion on redemption.

116. Letters from Anne Steele to Billy and Sammy Wakeford

117. Letter from Anne Steele to William Wakeford and Samuel Wakeford

Draft letter from Anne Steele to her nephews Billy and Sammy Wakeford (sons of Mary and Joseph Wakeford), undated but c.1760: concerning the love of God and brotherly love.

118. Letters from Anne Steele to Anna Attwater and Marianna Attwater

Draft letters from Anne Steele to her cousins Anna Attwater and Marianna Attwater (later Head).

119. Letters from Anne Steele to Anna and Marianna Attwater

Draft letters from Anne Steele to her cousins Anna Attwater and Marianna Attwater (later Head).

120. Letter from Anne Steele to Anna Attwater Draft letter from Anne Steele to her (step-) first cousin Anna Attwater, 24 November 1741 [suggestion that written on the occasion of the death of Elizabeth Gay (Anna’s sister), but didn't she live after this and marry Thomas Phipps?].

121. Letter from Anne Steele to Marianna Attwater (later Head) Draft letter from Anne Steele to her (step-) first cousin once removed Marianna Attwater (later Head), urging her to write freely, and inviting “Miss Jenny's company” [i.e. Jane Attwater’s?]. Written on the back of “Some expressions of Dr Dod[d]ridge to a Friend a few days before he embarked for Lisbon” with the comment “ignore the scribble on the other side".

122. Letter from Anne Steele to Marianna Attwater (later Head)

Draft letter from Anne Steele to her (step-) first cousin once removed Marianna Attwater (later Head), inviting her to Broughton; Polly [Mary Steele, later Dunscombe] asks when Miss Jenny [Jane Attwater] can come to Broughton also.

123. Correspondence between Anne Steele and Various Nonconformist Friends

Correspondence between Anne Steele and the Baptist (and Congregationalist) literary circle beyond her immediate family (including correspondence with the Revd Benjamin Beddome, the Revd Caleb Ashworth, Philip Furneaux (“Lucius”)), 1742–1765.

Steele Papers 07 Letters [84-103]

84. Letter from William Steele Junior to Anne Steele

William Steele at [Mrs Gay's in Haycomb near Bath] to Anne Steele at Broughton: death of friend, aunt has recovered from the distemper but is in low spirits (5 October 1736).

85. Letter from Anne Steele to William Steele Junior

Anne Steele's reply to D/STE 3/8/1/3: condolences, father wishes William to come home as smallpox is spreading at Salisbury (29 November 1736).

86. Letter from William Steele Junior to Anne Steele

William Steele at Morley to Anne Steele at ––: has spent the morning reading Pope in the garden: “the finest terrace you can imagine, from whence is a beautiful view of the town of Lewes ... I wait here till Mr Spence, the owner of this delicious place, returns from Tunbridge Wells” (7 August 1742).

87. Letter from Anne Steele to William Steele Junior

Anne Steele at Broughton to William Steele at ––: going to Ringwood the following week to stay with Mr Manfield and his daughter, discussed publication of her poems with Mr Furneaux when he visited, William's garden looking attractive (describes tulips, espalier, parterre, apple blossom) (16 May 1755).

88. Letter from Anne Steele to William Steele Junior

Anne Steele at –– to William Steele at Mr George Bullock's in Yeovil: concerned for health of sister[-in-law Mary Bullock], refers to niece [William Steele's daughter Polly, i.e. Mary, later Dunscombe] (22 January 1762).

89. Letter from Anne Steele to William Steele Junior

Anne Steele at Broughton to William Steele as previous: still concerned for Mary's health (31 January 1762).

90. Letter from Anne Steele to William Steele Junior

Anne Steele at Broughton to William Steele as previous: discusses the health of various members of the family (4 February 1762).

91. Letter from Anne Steele to William Steele Junior

Anne Steele at Broughton to William Steele: sympathy for his attack of gout (4 March 1762).

92. Letter from Anne Steele to William Steele Junior and Polly

Anne Steele at Broughton to William Steele: own and family’s health; adds brief letter to her niece Polly [Mary Steele, later Dunscombe], wishing her happy New Year (5 January 1763).

93. Correspondence of Anne Steele and Mary Bullock Steele

Correspondence between Anne Steele and her sister-in-law Mary Bullock Steele.

94. Letters from Anne Steele to Mary Bullock Steele

Letters of Anne Steele to her sister-in-law Mary Bullock Steele (wife of William Steele junior [IV]), 1750–1762, all written from Broughton and sent to Yeovil.

95. Letter from Anne Steele to Mary Bullock Steele

Unable to visit as her sister [Mary Wakeford] is still very weak [after birth of son Sammy?]; encloses a poem (“Now reigns the charming Spring”) and extols the pleasures of spring in Broughton (7 May 1750).

96. Letter from Anne Steele to Mary Bullock Steele

Her mother is away looking after her sister; Mr Wakeford and the little boy are well (24 October 1751).

97. Letter from Anne Steele to Mary Bullock Steele

References to Bath and people there; the beauty of the garden at Broughton (undated, but the Bath references suggest 1751 or 1752).

98. Letter from Anne Steele to Mary Bullock Steele

Refers to niece Polly [Mary Steele, later Dunscombe]'s birthday on 22 June, visit from Bath friends Mr and Mrs Parsons, seeking assistance to build a meeting-house (6 July 1754).

99. Letter from Anne Steele to Mary Bullock Steele 

Letter re family's health (16 March 1762).

100. Correspondence of Anne Steele and Mary Wakeford Steele (“Silviana and Amira”) Correspondence between Anne Steele and her half–sister Mary Wakeford, née Steele, 1749–1757 (the “Silviana and Amira letters”).

101. Letter from Mary Wakeford Steele to Anne Steele

Amira to Silviana, 23 September 1749: diffident about writing.

102. Letter from Anne Steele to Mary Wakeford Steele

Silviana to Amira, undated: concerning friendship, and sends her a poem “picked up among my old papers” (“Since ev'ry state of Life is doom'd to care”).

103. Letter from Anne Steele to Mary Wakeford Steele

Silviana to Amira, undated: allegory of a beautiful meadow, and Silviana's writings.

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63. Transcripts of Richard Pearsall Letter Praising Poems

Two copies of a letter from Richard Pearsall to Joseph Wakeford praising a volume of Theodosia's poems given to him by Miss Hannah Lavington (undated but post-1760): one copy transcribed by Anne Steele, one by Mary Wakeford.

64. Correspondence of Anne Steele and Ann Cator Steele

Correspondence between Anne Steele and her stepmother, Ann Cator Steele.

65. Letters from Anne Steele to Ann Cator Steele

Letters from Anne Steele to her stepmother, Ann Cator Steele, at Broughton, 1729–1751.

66. Letter from Anne Steele to Ann Cator Steele

Anne Steele at school in Trowbridge: refers to brother's illness, aunt's death, and her teacher: “my mistress is an odd-tempered woman but she is as kind to me as to the rest, our work is most on headcloths” (26 September 1729).

67. Letter from Anne Steele to Ann Cator Steele

Anne Steele at Haycomb: notes smallpox deaths in Trowbridge (27 September 1734).

68. Letter from Anne Steele to Ann Cator Steele

Anne Steele staying with the Manfields at Ringwood: her sister is learning to dance the minuet, requests that her “suit of light colour'd cloaths” be sent but neither she nor her sister have clothes “fine enough for the Ringwood Ladies” (21 May 1739).

69. Letter from Anne Steele to Ann Cator Steele

Anne Steele staying with the Manfields at Ringwood: busy social life, comments on local preachers Mr Wheeler and Mr Walter, sister has been learning to dance for nine weeks out of the half–quarter, Anne Steele did not learn the spinet as the teacher “asked a crown a week which I think is very extravagant” (1 June 1739)

70. Letter from Anne Steele to Ann Cator Steele

Anne Steele staying with the Manfields at Ringwood: her sister's teacher to continue teaching her at 2s per week, Anne Steele is making a Brussels [lace] handkerchief, sad at news of her uncle's death (29 June 1739).

71. Letter from Anne Steele to Ann Cator Steele

Anne Steele at Devizes: toothache caused by the cold, has made few acquaintances but her sister attends dancing classes on Wednesdays with six or seven young ladies at the new Town Hall, has seen the military camp a mile out of town (4 September 1740).

72. Letter from Anne Steele to Ann Cator Steele

Anne Steele at Devizes: worries that parents might have succumbed to “the fatal distemper so near you”, asks mother to send “the yard of reddish persian in my drawer” to line a pillow, smallpox at Trowbridge as a result of which Mr Freeman has died (22 September 1740). 

73. Letter from Anne Steele to Ann Cator Steele

Anne Steele staying at Mr Manfield's in Ringwood: very dispirited after watching “the lights in the air” all evening (21 September 1741)

74. Letter from Anne Steele to Ann Cator Steele

Anne Steele staying at Mr Manfield's in Ringwood: pains in her head and stomach, fears the “apprehensions of an invasion” (30 December 1745).

75. Letter from Anne Steele to Ann Cator Steele

Anne Steele at Bath: her sister takes the waters but she will not until her cold and cough disappear, has been invited to Haycomb by her aunt but prefers to stay in Bath and see her brother William, sister has infected toe but “when I remember sister Molly's foot [I] am afraid of the Bath surgeon (11 May 1751).

76. Letter from Anne Steele to Ann Cator Steele

Anne Steele at Bath: concern at her stepmother's illness, sister's foot has improved, asks her mother to “take out my best gowns on a fine day and spread them on the bed with the windows open, lest they be mildewed as my shade was” (18 May 1751).

77. Letter from Anne Steele to Ann Cator Steele

Anne Steele at Bath: has been ill all week, disappointed that William was unable to visit (25 May 1751).

78. Letter from Anne Steele to Ann Cator Steele

Anne Steele at Bath: is taking the waters but “don't find I am much better for it” (2 June 1751).

79. Correspondence of Anne Steele and William Steele Junior

Correspondence between Anne Steele and her brother William Steele IV.

80. Correspondence of Anne Steele and William Steele Junior

Correspondence between Anne Steele and her brother William Steele IV, 1736–1763.

81. Letter from Anne Steele to William Steele Junior

Anne Steele at Trowbridge [Mr Joseph Cottle's] to William Steele at Broughton: notes “the continual din of a noisy town”, has toothache, sister Molly is at school but does not like her mistress and learns little in the hot weather (27 June 1736).

82. Letter from William Steele Junior to Anne Steele

William Steele's reply to D/STE 3/8/1/1: talks of the joys of country life to cheer her in the noise and heat of town, Mr Thomas Attwater injured in a fall from his horse (28 June 1736).

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58. Anne Steele Prose
Manuscript prose by Anne Steele, most of which was published in Theodosia, “Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional” (1780), vol. 3. Not published: 4 “Self-reflection”; 5 “Rewarding my wanderings”; 6 “Desiring a sense of redeeming love”; 8 “Mourning the hardness of my heart”; 9 “Desiring to be thankful”.
59. Anne Steele Miscellaneous Prose
Miscellaneous prose writings by Anne Steele: draft dedication to her father William Steele III of her poems [c.1760], and miscellaneous thoughts on pride and reputation (undated and unpublished).
60. Works Transcribed by Anne Steele
61. Transcripts of Mary Scott Taylor Poems
Notebook containing “Hymns of Miss Scott”, undated, transcribed by Anne Steele into a disbound pocket notebook with blue sugar-paper covers. Contents:
p. 1 Christ our example (“Blest Jesus how divinely bright”);
p. 3 Renouncing the world (“Vain worlds!”);
p. 4 A hymn of praise in the Spring (“Benign Creator”);
p. 5 A hymn of praise to God on 5 November (“Aid us celestial power”);
p. 8 Hymn (“In vain before the watchful bird”);
p.10 Salvation through Faith (“Bright heav'n-born faith”);
p.12 God above all praise (“Awake my soul”);
p. 13 An unchangeable God (“My God shall I”);
p. 15 Resignation to the divine will (“Lord I would bow”);
p. 16 True happiness (“Vain are the shifting scenes”);
p. 21 The vanity of the world (“Unhappy mortals!”);
p. 23 A hymn of praise to God (“Great God to celebrate Thy praise”);
p. 25 That God is a hearer of prayer proved (“And will the great”);
p. 27 A consciousness of God (“Great God thy penetrating eye”);
p. 29 The justice...of the Curse (“Incarnate Saviour in thy face”);
p. 31 God the refuge of His people (“The Lord Jehovah is my strength”);
p. 32 Committing the soul to God (“Jehovah, God of ceaseless truth”);
p. 34 The woeful degeneracy of the human race (“Jehovah from His heav'nly throne”);
p. 35 A hymn of praise (“What finite power”);
p. 39 Pardon and Peace (“Great God before whose piercing eye”);
p. 40 Acknowledging the justice of God (“Great Arbiter of life and death”);
p. 42 A hymn for my dear father's use on his recovering from a dangerous illness (“O thou that hearest prayer”);
p. 44 Another: Psalm ciii (“Bless then the Lord”);
p. 46 A hymn of thanksgiving for my dear father's recovery: Psalm cxvi (“I love because in my distress”);
p.47 An evening hymn (“Soft season of repose”);
p. 49 Chronicles [which?] xxix. 11–14 (“Thy bounties gracious God”);
p. 51 On a day appointed for general fasting and prayer (“When Abram full of sacred awe”).
62. Transcripts of Mary Steele Wakeford Poems
4 poems by Amira [Anne Steele's half-sister Mary Steele Wakeford]:
1 “My trembling drooping spirit”;
2 “Aminta, though my eyes”;
3 Farewell to Life;
4 “If Love's constraining pow'r”.

Steele Papers 04 Poetry 3 [47-57]

47. Volume of Verses

Volume of 64 verses and dialogues in Anne Steele's hand (112 pp). Many refer to family and friends by pseudonyms: Silviana (Anne Steele), Amira (Anne Steele's half-sister Mary Wakeford), Mira (the author Mary Scott, later Taylor), Lucius (Philip Furneaux), Lysander (John Lavington), Philander (Anne Steele's brother William [junior])—

p. 1 Reviewing my verses for publication (“As o'er the various page I bend”);

p. 3 “In a dirty cold village”;

p. 5 To — (“I'll tell you if I can in rhyme”);

p. 8 (“Thus in a careless hour”);

p. 10 To Melinda (“From driving rattling up and down”);

p. 13 “So charming her features”;

p. 14 To Solitary with Answer and Reply (“Lemira in her lonely cell”);

p. 17 On the death of an old apple tree (“Thee I invoke O Goddess fam'd”);

p. 20 Silviana, Amira, Lucius [dialogue] (S: The melancholy passing bell; A: The gentle Muse from Lucius run away; S: You bid me write the Muse a letter; S: Lucius commanded by Chagrin; L: The Lamp, a Simile (The Vestal Nun in ancient days); S: To tune my lyre I sought in vain);

p. 25 A Dialogue: Amira, Lucius, Sylviana (A: Sylviana, Lucius, it is in vain; L: No more let Amira of dullness complain; A: Though those who are wise their own folly discern; L: With rhetorick and logic let Amira go on; A: We shall make something out of this confabulation; L: How brittle the glory acquired by arms; A: As to forming conclusions in logical state; L: Hey day! See Amira, she rallies again; A: I knew I should conquer you from the beginning; S: If you love fighting stories I'll tell you a true one);

p. 38 A Dialogue (S: Ye happy kind mortals the married folks way; A: Ye happy free mortals the single folks way; S: We yet have the best on't, whate'er you can say; A: I submit to your power, I acknowledge your writing; S: At length dear Amira all jesting apart; A: Sincerely disclose the true sense of my heart; S: Amira his advocate Cupid will choose);

p. 45 (“As to filling up rhymes I don't know what to say”);

p. 46 Ancient old story turn'd and brush'd (“How will the wretched race of spiders moan”);

p. 47 Written on a chamber door (“In this abode if neatness keeps”);

p. 48 (“Timenious wiser far than all mankind”);

p. 49 (“Now view Melinda that majestic mien”);

p. 50 (“In Philo virtue, sense, good nature meet”);

p. 51 A dialogue (Were I to choose a mate, Myrtilla [Jane Attwater] cries; Says Sylvia gravely sure my dear you're ever wrong; Philander: Well this is charming);

p. 53 Silviana [marked “written again by mistake”] (“Lucius commanded by chagrin”);

p. 54 Silviana [marked "written again by mistake"] (“So tune my lyre”);

p. 55 “In lone apartment when I sit”;

p. 56 On being desired to send some verses to the “Gentleman's Magazine” (“In Urban Magazine to shine”); 

p. 57 (The wisest men may sometimes err);

p. 58 (“‘Twas yesterday in idle scuffle”);

p. 59 To Melinda (“I boast no charms”);

p. 60 (“Once more to your indulgent ear”);

p. 61 (“If you for verse have such a passion”);

p. 62 Amira to Silviana (“Should I try to make verses”);

p.63 Silviana to Amira (“Yes you have convinc'd me”);

p. 65 To Miss Lacey on receiving a Ruff from her (“In good Queen Bess's days of yore”);

p. 67 On Amira's reading Grandison in the absence of Portius (“The live-long day tho' some folks say”);

p. 69 (“Portius has faults I can't deny”);

p. 70 Epitaph on a favourite dog (“Here Rover lies, a dog of fame”);

p. 71 (“Portius presents a shade”);

p.72 To Delia (“On dark Oblivion's gloomy coast”);

p. 73 On Pope's Essay on Criticism: To Lysander (“Well skill'd the Bard in every critic art”);

p. 74 —ingham Fair (“While then you are blest”);

p. 76 Invitation to Amira (“If rural simplicity nature and ease”);

p. 78 A new simile for the Ladies (“I've often toy'd in vain”);

p. 83 A Simile (“What since he owns 'tis not to mend”);

p. 84 Epitaph on a cork (“Here lies entomb'd a cork of Spirit”);

p. 85 (“When darkest clouds o'erspread the skies”);

p. 88 (“By Portius’ hand the work I've done”);

p. 89 By Mr Lavington [Presbyterian minister at Exeter], on visiting Broughton with Dr Furneaux [Congregationalist minister at Clapham] (“Our time, O ye Muses, how happily spent”);

p. 90 Reply (“How dully the time O ye Muses was spent”); and further down this page is the verse (“How unlucky was I”) that refers to Lysander and Lucius and suggests that Lysander was Lavington and Lucius was Furneaux [see STE 3/17, which also suggests that Lavington was Lysander]

p. 91 The sentence of the High Court of Critics at Andover (“Our books are the standard of goodness and sense”);

p. 92 (“Are love and Friendship both an empty name”);

p. 93 “The mutual wish the mutual hopes arise”, and “Fond love approach'd in Friendship's gentle guise”;

p. 94 “When love instead of gold shall purchase land”, and “May you be happy in Eliza's love”;

p. 95 “The many long days I wou'd count”;

p. 97 “To convince you dear Nan”;

p. 99 “Shew me the mind where an alloy is seen”;

p. 100 “Ah where are the once pleasing senses”;

p. 101 “Happy the maid who scorns”, and “The faults and follies of the friend we love”;

p. 102 “Don't tell me of patience”;

p. 103 “Above the puny softness of her sex”;

p. 104 “I sometimes have a rhyming fit”;

p. 105 On Amira calling the Muses Old Maids (“Old Maids indeed, Amira you are wrong”);

p. 106 “Your matchless rhymes”;

p. 110 Enigma (“From ancient stock my high descent”);

p. 112 Enigma(“No longer let kings or heroes fight”).

48. Verses, Mostly Published
Packet of 61 verses in Anne Steele's hand (118 pp.), most of which were published in Theodosia, “Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional” (1780), vols 1 and 2. Not published: p. 13 On being desired to write on the death of Dr [Isaac] Watts (“O could I write like Watts”); p. 25 On Dr [Edward] Young's Night Thoughts (“Surprizing thought!”); p. 26 A Prospect of Life (“Life is a mazy wild”); p. 32 On the repeated shocks of an earthquake 1749 (“From heaven are these tremorous warnings sent”); p. 34 To a friend on his marriage 1743 (“May the kind Providence”); p. 36 To Amira [Mary Steele Wakeford] (“Amira's happiness”); p. 45 To Mira (“The gifts indulgent heaven made”); p. 71 To the young and thoughtless (“Ye thoughtless young”); p. 83 A thankful acknowledgement of divine goodness in preservation from danger (“Lord of my life”); p. 90 The frailty of the mind (“Oft has my akeing heart”); p. 97 Behold I will engrave: Zachariah iii, part of 9th verse (“Almighty works!”). Unchecked at end: pp. 99–100 The Wish (“Should lavish Wealth display her shining stores”); pp. 101–102 Divine Contemplation (“How blest the Minds which daily rise”); pp. 103–104 Refuge in distress (“In a frail shatter’d Bark I trembling ride”); pp. 105–108 Hope reviving in the contemplation of Divine Mercy (“My God my Life, thou Spring of every Good”) [in margin at l. 2 a cross and “Leave out this page”]; loose between 106 & 107, 2/3 of full pages, are another 18 lines, with same heading of Hope reviving in the contemplation of Divine Mercy (“Ye restless, dark, distressing fears begone”); pp. 109–114 The Complaint and Relief (“When pensive thought recalls the scenes of Life”); pp. 115–118 The Elevation (“While I survey the azure sky”).
49. Verses, Mostly Published
10 manuscript verses in Anne Steele's hand, most of which were published in Theodosia, “Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional” (1780), vol. 1. Not published: (6) To Amira [Mary Steele, later Wakeford] (“New friendship wakes”).
50. Verses, Mostly Published
11 manuscript poems in Anne Steele's hand, most of which were printed in Theodosia, “Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional” (1780), vol. 2. Not published: [sheet 1] A reflection on the earthquake at Lisbon Nov. 1755 (“Hark 'tis the voice”); [sheet 11] On the sickness of a friend (“Shall I fond expectation”).
51. Verses, Mostly Published
24 manuscript poems in Anne Steele's and William Steele's hands, most of which were printed in Theodosia, “Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional” (1780), vol. 3. Many refer to family and friends by pseudonyms: Sylviana (Anne Steele), Amira (Anne Steele's half-sister Mary Wakeford), Philander (Anne Steele's brother William), Silvia (Anne Steele's niece Mary (“Polly”) Steele Dunscombe).… 52. Verses, Mostly Unpublished
45 miscellaneous and draft verses by Anne Steele. A few were published in Theodosia, “Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional” (1780), vol. 2, but most are unpublished and rarely dated.
53. The Miser Convinced of His Mistake
The miser convinced of his mistake (“Ah poor Aviro!”): not published. [Not in Anne Steele’s hand, and endorsed as a letter addressed “to Miss Anne Steele att Mr George Bullock in Yeovil”.]

54. Of Frustrate Hopes

“Of frustrate hopes”: not published. [Not in Anne Steele’s hand and endorsed as a letter addressed to “Miss Steele at Mr William Steele's at Broughton. Free[post]. Beaufort”.]

55. Epitaph on a Goldfinch Killed by a Cat

Epitaph on a goldfinch killed by a cat (“By Pusses unrelenting paws”): not published. [Written on the back of a letter addressed “To Mr William Steele, timber merchant, Broughton”.]

56. Loose Verses

21 verses and fragments of verse by Anne Steele, found loose between the pages of STE 3/3/1. A few are dated (1748, 1757); several refer to family and friends by pseudonyms: Sylviana (Anne Steele), Amira (Anne Steele's half-sister Mary Wakeford), Lucius (Philip Furneaux), Philo (Philander, Anne Steele's brother William), Myrtilla (Jane Attwater). Addressed to Myrtilla “A good estate”, addressed to Myrtilla [Jane Attwater]. [Not in Anne Steele's hand, written on the back of a fragment of a letter to William Steele [senior], timber merchant, 2 July 1757.]

57. William Steele Transcripts of Anne Steele Verses

5 poems by Anne Steele transcribed by William Steele. All but two were published in Theodosia, “Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional” (1780), vols 1 and 3, but one (To Amira on her marriage) must date from 1749, and another (Ode to Spring) is dated 1762. Not published: (2) To Amira (“Amira's happiness employs my care"); (3) The pleasures of spring ("Now reigns the lovely Spring").

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47. Volume of Verses

Volume of 64 verses and dialogues in Anne Steele's hand (112 pp). Many refer to family and friends by pseudonyms: Silviana (Anne Steele), Amira (Anne Steele's half-sister Mary Wakeford), Mira (the author Mary Scott, later Taylor), Lucius (Philip Furneaux), Lysander (John Lavington), Philander (Anne Steele's brother William [junior])—

p. 1 Reviewing my verses for publication (“As o'er the various page I bend”);

p. 3 “In a dirty cold village”;

p. 5 To — (“I'll tell you if I can in rhyme”);

p. 8 (“Thus in a careless hour”);

p. 10 To Melinda (“From driving rattling up and down”);

p. 13 “So charming her features”;

p. 14 To Solitary with Answer and Reply (“Lemira in her lonely cell”);

p. 17 On the death of an old apple tree (“Thee I invoke O Goddess fam'd”);

p. 20 Silviana, Amira, Lucius [dialogue] (S: The melancholy passing bell; A: The gentle Muse from Lucius run away; S: You bid me write the Muse a letter; S: Lucius commanded by Chagrin; L: The Lamp, a Simile (The Vestal Nun in ancient days); S: To tune my lyre I sought in vain);

p. 25 A Dialogue: Amira, Lucius, Sylviana (A: Sylviana, Lucius, it is in vain; L: No more let Amira of dullness complain; A: Though those who are wise their own folly discern; L: With rhetorick and logic let Amira go on; A: We shall make something out of this confabulation; L: How brittle the glory acquired by arms; A: As to forming conclusions in logical state; L: Hey day! See Amira, she rallies again; A: I knew I should conquer you from the beginning; S: If you love fighting stories I'll tell you a true one);

p. 38 A Dialogue (S: Ye happy kind mortals the married folks way; A: Ye happy free mortals the single folks way; S: We yet have the best on't, whate'er you can say; A: I submit to your power, I acknowledge your writing; S: At length dear Amira all jesting apart; A: Sincerely disclose the true sense of my heart; S: Amira his advocate Cupid will choose);

p. 45 (“As to filling up rhymes I don't know what to say”);

p. 46 Ancient old story turn'd and brush'd (“How will the wretched race of spiders moan”);

p. 47 Written on a chamber door (“In this abode if neatness keeps”);

p. 48 (“Timenious wiser far than all mankind”);

p. 49 (“Now view Melinda that majestic mien”);

p. 50 (“In Philo virtue, sense, good nature meet”);

p. 51 A dialogue (Were I to choose a mate, Myrtilla [Jane Attwater] cries; Says Sylvia gravely sure my dear you're ever wrong; Philander: Well this is charming);

p. 53 Silviana [marked “written again by mistake”] (“Lucius commanded by chagrin”);

p. 54 Silviana [marked "written again by mistake"] (“So tune my lyre”);

p. 55 “In lone apartment when I sit”;

p. 56 On being desired to send some verses to the “Gentleman's Magazine” (“In Urban Magazine to shine”); 

p. 57 (The wisest men may sometimes err);

p. 58 (“‘Twas yesterday in idle scuffle”);

p. 59 To Melinda (“I boast no charms”);

p. 60 (“Once more to your indulgent ear”);

p. 61 (“If you for verse have such a passion”);

p. 62 Amira to Silviana (“Should I try to make verses”);

p.63 Silviana to Amira (“Yes you have convinc'd me”);

p. 65 To Miss Lacey on receiving a Ruff from her (“In good Queen Bess's days of yore”);

p. 67 On Amira's reading Grandison in the absence of Portius (“The live-long day tho' some folks say”);

p. 69 (“Portius has faults I can't deny”);

p. 70 Epitaph on a favourite dog (“Here Rover lies, a dog of fame”);

p. 71 (“Portius presents a shade”);

p.72 To Delia (“On dark Oblivion's gloomy coast”);

p. 73 On Pope's Essay on Criticism: To Lysander (“Well skill'd the Bard in every critic art”);

p. 74 —ingham Fair (“While then you are blest”);

p. 76 Invitation to Amira (“If rural simplicity nature and ease”);

p. 78 A new simile for the Ladies (“I've often toy'd in vain”);

p. 83 A Simile (“What since he owns 'tis not to mend”);

p. 84 Epitaph on a cork (“Here lies entomb'd a cork of Spirit”);

p. 85 (“When darkest clouds o'erspread the skies”);

p. 88 (“By Portius’ hand the work I've done”);

p. 89 By Mr Lavington [Presbyterian minister at Exeter], on visiting Broughton with Dr Furneaux [Congregationalist minister at Clapham] (“Our time, O ye Muses, how happily spent”);

p. 90 Reply (“How dully the time O ye Muses was spent”); and further down this page is the verse (“How unlucky was I”) that refers to Lysander and Lucius and suggests that Lysander was Lavington and Lucius was Furneaux [see STE 3/17, which also suggests that Lavington was Lysander]

p. 91 The sentence of the High Court of Critics at Andover (“Our books are the standard of goodness and sense”);

p. 92 (“Are love and Friendship both an empty name”);

p. 93 “The mutual wish the mutual hopes arise”, and “Fond love approach'd in Friendship's gentle guise”;

p. 94 “When love instead of gold shall purchase land”, and “May you be happy in Eliza's love”;

p. 95 “The many long days I wou'd count”;

p. 97 “To convince you dear Nan”;

p. 99 “Shew me the mind where an alloy is seen”;

p. 100 “Ah where are the once pleasing senses”;

p. 101 “Happy the maid who scorns”, and “The faults and follies of the friend we love”;

p. 102 “Don't tell me of patience”;

p. 103 “Above the puny softness of her sex”;

p. 104 “I sometimes have a rhyming fit”;

p. 105 On Amira calling the Muses Old Maids (“Old Maids indeed, Amira you are wrong”);

p. 106 “Your matchless rhymes”;

p. 110 Enigma (“From ancient stock my high descent”);

p. 112 Enigma(“No longer let kings or heroes fight”).

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33. Papers of Anne Steele Hymns and Devotional Verses by Anne Steele (Published and Unpublished) Hymns Manuscript pages in Anne Steele's hand (152 pages, lacking pp. 111–117, 131–134). Contains hymns and verses numbered 1–104 (some numbers void), which were subsequently published in Theodosia, “Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional” (1780), vol. 1, with the exception of: 5 Praise for the Gospel (“Great God to Thee”); 16 The nativity of Christ (“O glorious morning”); 17 On 17 February ... General Prayer (“Great God before Thy awful throne”); 31 On the [condescension of God] (“O what a strange surprising scene”); 33 Penitence and hope (“Long have I wander'd”); 40 The presence of Christ the joy of His people (“The wond'ring nations”); 57 [untitled] (“When e'er my God thy wond'rous love”); 96 Luke xxii.19 (“And can we so ungrateful prove”). 

34. Hymn Copies from Ann Cator Steele Diaries Copies of six hymns and devotional verses found between the pages of the diaries of Anne's stepmother Ann Cator Steele. All six were published in Theodosia, “Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional” (1780), vol. 1. For originals see STE 3/1/1 nos 98, 101, 27, 77, 26, 76. 35. Unpublished Verses Twenty-three verses unpublished during Anne Steele's lifetime.

36. Presentation Verses

Six verses by Anne Steele or given to her by others.

37. William Steele Transcripts of Anne Steele Verses

Devotional verses by Anne Steele, transcribed by William Steele.

38. Selina Bompas Transcripts of Anne Steele Hymns

Unpublished hymns by Anne Steele, transcribed by her great-great-grandniece Selina Bompas. Booklet of fourteen verses, originals D/STE 3/1/1/16–17, 96; 3/1/4/1–2, 6, 8–9, 11–12; 3/3/2, p. 25. Also Psalm xxxiv (“Forever still I bless the Lord”); Psalm ciii (“Bless O my soul”); On being desired to write on the death of Dr Watts (“Oh could I sin[g?] like Watts". 

39. “The Excellency of the Holy Scriptures” Transcript

Late 19th-century transcript of Anne Steele's poem “The Excellency of the Holy Scriptures”.

40. Psalms “Attempted in Verse” by Anne Steele 

Psalms in verse by her (published and unpublished).

41. Psalms

Unbound manuscript of Psalms: most of these were published either in Theodosia, “Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional” (1780), vol. 2 (Psalms i–xxiii) or in Anne Steele, “Hymns, Psalms, Poems” (London, 1863) (Psalms i–cxlviii). Items not published in either are as follows: Psalm xvi (“Preserve me, o my God”); Psalm xix (“The heav'ns declare”); Psalm xxiv (“Through all her wide dominion”); Psalm xxix (“Give to the Lord”); Psalm xxxii (“Blest is the man”); Psalm xxxiii (“Rejoice ye righteous”); Psalm xxxiv (“Forever will I bless the Lord”); Psalm xlvi (“God is our strength”); Psalm xlvii (“Ye happy tribes proclaim”); Psalm xcvii (“The Lord, the mighty God”); Psalm civ (“Awake my soul”); Psalm cv (“Ye grateful tribes approach”); Psalm cxxxix (“O Lord thy awful searching eye”); Psalm cxlviii (“Jehovah's praise”). NB Psalms published in 1863 which are not in D/STE 3/2/1 include Psalm xxxix, li, cxxxvii [but see D/STE 3/2/2], cxxxviii, cxlix, cl.
42. Psalm cxxxvii
Undated manuscript of Anne Steele's Psalm cxxxvii (“Where Babel's rivers”), found loose inside one of Ann Cator Steele's diaries.
43. Psalm ciii
Undated manuscript of Anne Steele's Psalm ciii (“Bless, O my Soul”), which differs from that published in “Hymns, Psalms, Poems” by Anne Steele (London, 1863).

44. Psalms xxviii, lxxix, cxlviii
Undated manuscript of three unpublished psalms by Anne Steele (Psalm xxviii, Psalm lxxix, Psalm cxlviii).
45. William Steele Transcript of Psalm xxiii
Undated transcript by William Steele of Anne Steele's Psalm xxiii.
46. Verses by Anne Steele (Published and Unpublished)

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12. Letter, Henry Steele to Whitchurch Baptist Church, Hampshire

Letter from Henry Steele (of Broughton Baptist Church, Hampshire), to Whitchurch, 18 February 1698/9 [sic], re help for Stephen Kent.

13. Jane Attwater’s Copies of Poems by Mary Steele and Others

Small bound MS volume in Jane’s hand of some poems by Mary Steele, later Dunscombe (the little volume is titled “2nd volumn poems compos’d by my dear friend Silvia”), including “To Myrtila written in 1772 Jan:y”, “To Myra 1772” [Mary Scott, later Taylor], “To Myrtilla written in 1773”, and an excerpt of a sermon by Samuel Davies of Princeton. Also here are two other poems attached together; “Taken from Mrs [Mary] Jones Miscellanies”, Attwater puts at the top of the page. One poem is “Of Desire, An Epistle to the Hon: Miss Lovelace” and the other “In Memory of the Rt Hon: Lord Aubrey.”

14. “Danebury” and Associated Material
Jane Attwater’s copy (with original marbled covers) of “Danebury, or, The Power of Friendship: A Tale with Two Odes. By A Young Lady”. Published by W. Pine, Bristol. Inscribed “The Gift from the beloved Author to J. Attwater”. Along with the poem are three MS notes: one a copy of “Extempore by Miss H. More” to Mary Steele, after a visit to Danebury with Mary Steele c.1780s; a copy (in Attwater’s hand) of a portion of the review from the “Monthly Review” of “Danebury”; and a note by Mary Steele (in her hand) to Jane Attwater (from “Silvia” to “Myrtilla”) about “Danebury”.

15. Death of Henry Phillips

Notice (copied from “Salisbury Journal”) of the death of Henry Phillips, pastor of the Baptist church at Salisbury, dated 21 August 1789, in Jane Attwater’s hand, with a poem by “Theodosia” (Anne Steele).

16. Steele Correspondence

Letter from Ann Cator Steele to Anna Attwater Letter from Ann [Cator] Steele to her cousin, Anna Attwater [meaning her niece, mother of Gay Thomas, Marianna, Caroline, and Jane?], at Britford, near Sarum, 30 March 1741. Letter from Anne Steele to Mary Wakeford Letter by Anne Steele to Mary Wakeford, her half-sister, 6 February 1760. Letter from Anne Steele to Miss Whitaker Letter by Anne Steele to her cousin, Miss Whitaker [unclear whether this might be, say, Sarah Whitaker, sister of Thomas who married Caroline Attwater, the great-niece of Anne Steele's stepmother, so Caroline, at least, might vaguely be considered a "cousin"], at Bratton, 13 April 1767.

17. Anne Steele’s Envelope Sent to Jane Attwater

Envelope (empty) marking a letter from Anne Steele of Broughton (“Theodosia”) to Jane Attwater (at Bodenham), 22 May 1771.

18. Jane Attwater Letters to Mary Steele

13 letters from Jane Attwater (“Myrtilla”) to Mary Steele (“Sylvia”), 27 May 1771, 5 May 1773, 31 May 1773, 18 July 1774, undated [as torn: c. 1774], 27 October 1774, 15 February 1775, 20 February 1775, 13 November 1775, 17 February 1783, 7 February 1785, 21 February 1785, 11 October 1785.

19. Jane Attwater Letters to Friend(s)

4 letters, all undated, by Jane Attwater [Blatch] to unnamed friends (possibly, at least in some cases, Mary Steele again?).

20. Letter from A. Steele to Samuel Stennett

21. Letter from A. Steele to Revd Dr [ie Samuel?] Stennett, at London.

22. Papers of William Steele Senior [III]

23. Memoranda by William Steele Senior

Copy memoranda by William Steele 1755, concerning carelessness in observance of the sabbath and preoccupation with worldly matters, 13 and 19 July 1755 [transcript by his son, William Steele junior a.k.a. IV].

24. Correspondence of William Steele Senior and Ann Froud Steele Correspondence between William Steele III and his first wife, Ann Froud Steele, 1712–1716.

Most are written from Broughton or Salisbury; letters include verses to Ann. 12 December 1712 (no. 1); proposal of marriage 18 May 1713 (no. 2); comfort on death of Ann's father 30 November 1712 [recte 1714 or 1715?] (no.10); death of uncle Stergi's child, “but I think there are not so many sick as have been”, 29 May 1716 (no. 11).

25. Correspondence of William Steele Senior and Ann Cator (later Steele)

Correspondence between William Steele III and his second wife, Ann Cator Steele, 1722–1733. (They married some time between 1723 and 1733.) Letters are mainly written from Broughton; that of 4 August 1733 (no. 7) is to Mrs Ann Steele at Mrs Gay's house at Haycombe. Letters include William Steele's report on his own character heard from an acquaintance, “as to temporal concerns honest and industrious, as to common behaviour somewhat light and merry, and as to religion a constant hearer is the most that can be said”, 25 November 1722 (no. 2); William Steele's report of the death of John Beak and his father, and that another woman was mistaken for William Steele's wife and invited to visit, 4 August 1733 (no. 7).

26. Letters to Unidentified Relatives

Letters from William Steele to unidentified relatives: (1) to daughter [Anne or Mary] who has been cheated over the price, @ 10s. 6d a yard, of material and advising her never to exceed half the price (undated); (2) to “my beloved friend” on the death of her grandfather, also refers to her late father and to her baby (25 May 1767).

27. Letters to William Steele Senior re Bereavements

Letters to William Steele: (1) from James Manfield at Ringwood that Mr Elscombe (fiancé of William Steele's daughter Anne) had drowned in the river (25 May 1737); (2) incomplete letter from Joseph Wakeford (William Steele's son–in–law), saying that his son Sammy had died of fever at Warminster [1767].

28. Invitation to Co-Pastorate of Broughton Baptist Church, Hampshire

Invitation to William Steele senior [III] from Broughton Baptist Church to share the pastorate with Henry Steele, with the signatures of 23 members including Henry Steele and William Steele junior and list of names of church members (undated).

29. Papers of Ann Cator Steele

30. Diaries of Ann Cator Steele

31. Letters from Ann Cator Steele to William Steele Senior

Includes description of a visit by Mrs Anne Bush to “enquire for her scollar and make her apologies for not knowing you”, 20 April 1723 (no. 1); concern for her mother's failing health and description of symptoms (dropsy?), 17 and 25 August 1733 (nos 3, 4).

32. Sermon Notebook of Ann Cator Steele

Small pocket book of Ann Cator Steele listing preachers and texts, 1706–1760 (written inside a notebook, the back cover of which is stamped GALEN 1699).

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The Steele Papers can be found at the Angus Library of  Regents Park College in Oxford. Items include

1. Broughton church book

Church meetings, accounts, memoranda of baptisms, including Steele family. 2 loose pages at back of volume record baptisms 1708-1730 and deaths 1778-1786. Includes ordination of Henry Steele, 22 September 1699. Please consult the photocopy.

2. Sermons of Henry Steele (?)

Manuscript notebook (16 pp.), containing sermon notes on the nature of God, honour, and [other end of notebook, reversed] the wisdom of God.

3. Bond

Bond in £40 by Robert Hatchatt, yeoman, to William Steele, carpenter, 15 November 1699, to perform covenants specified in a Bargain and Sale of the same date. Endorsed with Assignment of bond by William Steele to James Hayter, 9 March 1699/70. [NB The conveyance by Bargain and Sale to which this bond relates, and which would note the nature of the transaction, is not in this collection].

4.  Broughton Endowments

Memorandum of endowments to Broughton and Wallop churches (lists legacies from Henry Steele, William Steele senior, William Steele junior, Mrs Dunscombe, Mr John Collins, Miss Martha Steele, Mr John Browning, Mr Head, totalling £1300.

5. Charity Commission scheme for the Broughton charities

Charity Commission scheme for the Broughton charities consisting of chapel, manse, site of old manse, and Browning, Collins, Dunscombe, Head, Leach, Steele and Tomkins endowments (including notices to be affixed to the chapel door)

6. Broughton Charities

Photocopies of Charity Commission dividend accounts on the sale of the Old Manse, and on the Parsonscombe, Steele and Russell Trusts.

7. Steele Family’s Devotional Books and Associated Correspondence

8. Anne Steele’s Bible

Formerly Anne Dutton’s. Edition printed by Charles Bill and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb, printers to the King, 1698. Includes printed preface by John Canne. Tipped in to the volume before the title-page is a manuscript transcript [in William Steele’s hand?] of Canne's petition to Parliament extracted from the Amsterdam duodecimo edition of his Bible 1647. The fly-leaf of this volume carries the autographs of Anne Dutton [died 1765] and Anne Steele [died 1778], and the bookplate of Broughton Baptist Library (book no. 1122); the front end-paper carries the bookplate of John Collins, Devizes [died 1817]. Pencilled shorthand on front and back endpapers.
9. Memorandum containing brief notes on Anne Steele
10. Photographs of Mrs E. Davis
Laser-copy photographs of Mrs Ethel Davis and Mr Hugh Steele-Smith at Broughton, May 1984; and of Mrs Davis in fancy dress at Broughton Fair, May 1986.
11. Commonplace Book
Commonplace book, possibly Thomas or Joseph Harbottle’s, written in a commercial (Skelton of Southampton) notebook. Contains extracts and verses written by Stennett, Rippon, Steele, and another copy of the hymn for soldiers, sailors, and landsmen, here called “The Bethel Hymn”. At the end of the book, reversed, is an essay on the Depravity of Man.