General Correspondence – Personal letters, incoming and outgoing, re: various matters; further correspondence related to military forces being sent to Europe, and letters from family and friends; includes a hand-written letter to brother-in-law Beau (C.A. Harwood) discussing the pending war and Canadian military efforts, as well as the Escher investigation into the conduct of soldiers in the South African war. Handwritten; Typewritten.
Harwood, C.A.General Correspondence – One letter from [S.D.], a Boer War veteran. Handwritten.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919General Correspondence – Personal letters, re: various matters; includes a letter from Hedley J. Kirkpatrick, who served in the Boer War, describing his trip to Canada. Handwritten; Typewritten.
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Handwritten letter with envelope from Marie visiting Steele family in Orillia to Sam in South Africa, 30 Aug. 1900.
Steele, Marie (de Lotbinière Harwood), 1859-1951Handwritten letter from Marie in Montreal to SBS in Cape Town, South Africa; 4 pp. and envelope.
Steele, Marie (de Lotbinière Harwood), 1859-1951A mounted photograph of a returning [Manitoban?] soldier dressed in a South African [Boer] War uniform and slouch hat. The soldier is also wearing a bandolier and holding a rifle. The medal pinned to the soldier's chest closely resembles and is possibly the Queen's South Africa Medal, the campaign medal awarded to those who served in the Boer War.
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