JOHN STEELE PAPERS, #689, 1716-1846
Various papers of the family of John Steele, a Rowan County, North Carolina, merchant,
planter, banker, influential Federalist, state, and national politician. Correspondence
includes information on a slave hired out to a South Carolina man and subsequently returned
because of her "misconduct" with the agent who hired her (1835) and
the request of a family slave, Alfred Steele, to live in Raleigh so he might be close to his
wife (1835). Also included are slave bills of sale (1716-1780) and
tax papers listing Steele slaves by age and gender (1814).
