Thursday, 20 April 2017

Steele Papers 11

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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