Steele Papers 02 Mostly Letters [12-32]

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).