Steele Papers 12

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.