William Steele poems
- Title
- William Steele poems : manuscript, circa 1850.
- Author
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Status | Vol/date | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
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Status Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328. Please for assistance. | Vol/datev. 1 | FormatText | AccessBy appointment only | Call numberMssCol NYGB 18147 v. 1 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Description
- 1 v.; 29 cm.
- Summary
- 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
- Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Poems.
- Call number
- MssCol NYGB 18147
- Note
- With index.
- Access (note)
- Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Biography (note)
- 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)
- Gift of Mrs. Eduardo Carranza to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1933.
- Author
- Steele, William, 1762-1851.
- Title
- William Steele poems : manuscript, circa 1850.
- Restricted access
- Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Biography
- 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
- Gift of Mrs. Eduardo Carranza to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1933.
- Source
- MSS 2008M27
- Added author
- New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.
- Research call number
- MssCol NYGB 18147