Steele, Frederick Morgan
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Chicago railroad president and steel manufacturer.
Steele was born in 1851 and settled in Chicago in 1879, where he developed an iron business. He organized the American Bridge Works, the American Bridge Company, and the Standard Forging Company, the largest maker of locomotive axles, and became the president of several railroads. Steele was interested in genealogy and antiquarian and historical research, and amassed one of the country's largest autograph and hymnal collections, which included the manuscripts of many famous music composers. Frederick Morgan Steele died in Highland Park, Illinois in 1932.
From the description of Stephen C. Foster family letters, 1882-1926. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 657667056
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- Collectors and collecting
- Manuscripts, American
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- Illinois--Chicago (as recorded)
