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.
(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.
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