John Steele papers, 1716-1846 [manuscript].

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John Steele papers, 1716-1846 [manuscript].

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Included is considerable correspondence pertaining to politics and to the various North Carolina and national offices Steele held, including letters from William Blount, William Polk, William R. Davie, John Haywood, Wade Hampton, and Nathaniel Macon. Also well documented are soured relations between the U.S. and Great Britain leading to the War of 1812; Steele's resignation as comptroller of the currency under Jefferson and problems within the Treasury Department; social life in Philadelphia, New York, and Washington, D.C.; the N.C.-S.C. boundary survey; and horse breeding and racing. There are also papers pertaining to Steele's activities as Salisbury, N.C., agent of the Bank of Cape Fear and to the building of his home there, books of accounts as Indian commisioner, and papers relating to merchandising. Prior to 1785, there are deeds, letters, business papers, and account books of Steele's parents. After Steele's death, there are family and business papers of his wife, children, and other relations, including members of the Ferrand and Macnamara families of Columbia, S.C. These relate primarily to female family members, and letters and school work of Steele's daughters and granddaughters illuminate female education over two generations. There is also an 1835 letter written to Mary Steele by a family slave.

About 2640 items (6.0 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Macon, Nathaniel, 1757-1837

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Polk, William, 1758-1834

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Steele, John, 1764-1815

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Hampton Wade, 1791-1858.

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Wade Hampton I (1754-1835), was an army officer and United States representative from Virginia. Wade Hampton II was born in 1791 and died in 1858). Wade Hampton III (1818-1902), was a Confederate Army officer and governor and United States senator of South Carolina. From the guide to the Wade Hampton Papers, ., 1791-1907, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Bank of Cape Fear (Wilmington, N.C.). Salisbury Branch.

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Steele, William, d. 1773.

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Haywood, John, 1762-1826

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Steele, Elizabeth Maxwell Gillespie, 1733-1790.

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United States. Department of the Treasury

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The Department of the Treasury was created by an act of Congress (1 Stat. 65), approved September 2, 1789. The orginal act established the Department to superintend the manage the National finances. This act charged the Secretary of the Treasury with the preparation of plans for the improvement and management of the revenue and the support of public credit. It further provided that the Secretary should prescribe the forms for keeping and rendering all manner of public accounts and for the ma...

Steele, Mary Nesfield.

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Davie, William Richardson, 1756-1820

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William Richardson Davie (1756-1820) was a lawyer, state legislator, Revolutionary officer, member of the United States Constitutional Convention, Federalist governor of North Carolina, and peace commissioner to France, and was influential in the founding of the University of North Carolina. He moved from Halifax County, N.C., to Lancaster District, S.C., in 1805. From the guide to the William Richardson Davie Papers, 1758-1819, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. ...

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McNamara family.

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