Steele, Matthew, 1759-1830
Person
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Matthew Steele Letter
Collection
Identifier: SC 00151
Scope and Contents
Lengthy letter from Matthew Steele of Liverpool, England to C. Birnie in Taneytown, MD dated June 20, 1821. In it he details his trip to Paris to visit his daughter who was attending school in the city. He gives illustrative description of his travels enroute to Paris and of his sojourns around and outside the city. Steele and his daughter also travelled to the Netherlands, Brussels, and Holland. While doing his eastern visits, Steele toured the battle of Waterloo field where he...
Dates:
1821 June 20
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