Research Catalog

William Steele poems

Title
  1. William Steele poems : manuscript, circa 1850.
Author
  1. Steele, William, 1762-1851.

Items in the library and off-site

Filter by

Displaying 1 item

StatusVol/dateFormatAccessCall numberItem location
Status

Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328. Please for assistance.

Vol/datev. 1FormatTextAccessBy appointment onlyCall numberMssCol NYGB 18147 v. 1Item locationSchwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

Details

Additional authors
  1. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.
Description
  1. 1 v.; 29 cm.
Summary
  1. An album of original verse by William Steele (1762-1851), inspired by incidents of personal and family life, life events, and celebrations, as well as local, historical and political events.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
Subject
  1. Salter family
  2. New York (State) > Genealogy
  3. American poetry > 18th century
  4. Winans family
  5. Dayton family
  6. New Jersey > Social life and customs
  7. Occasional verse
  8. Poems
  9. Steele family
  10. American poetry > 19th century
  11. New York (State) > Social life and customs
  12. New Jersey > Genealogy
Genre/Form
  1. Poems.
Call number
  1. MssCol NYGB 18147
Note
  1. With index.
Access (note)
  1. Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
Biography (note)
  1. William Steele (1762-1851) and his wife Mary Dayton Steele (1769-1834) resided with their family in New Jersey and later moved to upstate New York.
Provenance (note)
  1. Gift of Mrs. Eduardo Carranza to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1933.
Author
  1. Steele, William, 1762-1851.
Title
  1. William Steele poems : manuscript, circa 1850.
Restricted access
  1. Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
Biography
  1. William Steele (1762-1851) and his wife Mary Dayton Steele (1769-1834) resided with their family in New Jersey and later moved to upstate New York. William Steele was born in New York City and served in the Revolutionary War. In 1791 he married Mary Dayton, daughter of physician Jonathan Dayton (1731-1778) of Springfield, New Jersey. The Steele family moved from New Jersey to Painted Post, Steuben County, New York in 1819. William Steele died in Big Flats, Chemung County, New York in 1851.
Provenance
  1. Gift of Mrs. Eduardo Carranza to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1933.
Source
  1. MSS 2008M27
Added author
  1. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.
Research call number
  1. MssCol NYGB 18147
View in legacy catalog