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Size | 75 items |
Abstract | Ephraim Steele (fl. 1778-1787) was a merchant and landowner, of Carlisle, Pa. The collection includes family correspondence and scattered business papers of two generations of the Steele family of Carlisle, Pa., chiefly 1773-1823. Much of the 18th-century correspondence consists of letters from Ephraim Steele's relatives in Ireland and from his brother's family in Rowan County, N.C. (parents of Federalist leader John Steele). Included are letters written from Charleston, S.C., in the late 1770s discussing recent public events and disorder during the Revolution; and letters written from Ireland in the 1790s describing social unrest there. Later papers concern the family leather business in Kentucky. |
Creator | Steele, Ephraim, fl. 1778-1787. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, June 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Ephraim Steele (fl. 1778-1787) was a merchant and landowner, of Carlisle, Pa. Steele married Esther Smith in 1781.
Back to TopThe collection includes family correspondence and scattered business papers of two generations of the Steele family of Carlisle, Pa., chiefly 1773-1823. Much of the 18th-century correspondence consists of letters from Ephraim Steele's relatives in Ireland and from his brother's family in Rowan County, N.C. (parents of Federalist leader John Steele). Included are letters written from Charleston, S.C., in the late 1770s discussing recent public events and disorder during the Revolution; and letters written from Ireland in the 1790s describing social unrest there. Later papers concern the family leather business in Kentucky and Louisiana. There are also some genealogical notes and fragments of a family Bible record.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Original finding aid |
1755-1801 |
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Folder 2 |
1802-1823, 1877 |
Folder 3 |
Undated papers |
Family notes and data |
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Folder 4 |
Typed copies of North Carolina letters, 1778-1787 |