Bone fragment from the skull of David Steele, 1781.

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Bone fragment from the skull of David Steele, 1781.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63166248

The bone fragment was sabered from Steele's head by a British soldier at the battle of Guilford Courthouse, March 15, 1781. Steele wore a silver plate in its place. With the fragment is an abbreviated genealogy tracking the inheritance of the fragment from Steele down to the donor.

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University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7883791

University of Virginia. Library

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Steele, David, ca. 1756-ca. 1840.

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