Handwritten letter with envelope from Flora Steele staying at her Uncle Bob's in Montreal to her father in Winnipeg. Flora discusses her Uncle Bob's assertion that SBS would have been promoted quicker and further if he had not maried a "colonial". 2 pp.
Sans titreA Power of Attorney delcaration deposited with Notary, Robert B. Hutcheson, by Charles Augustus Harwood, and naming Dame Marie Elizabeth Harwood Steele as Power of Attorney for Samuel Benfield Steele
Power of Attorney forms, including one from SBS appointing his brother James Band Steele, re: purchase of lots in the Groat Estate, Edmonton; one from Marie Steele, with envelope, appointing James Bond Steele, re: purchase of lots in the Groat Estate, Edmonton; and a third from Antoine Chartier de Lotbiniere Harwood appointing James Bond Steele, re: purchase of lots in the Groat Estate in Edmonton. Covering correspondence is included with the forms.
Included is a map of Edmonton, Alberta showing the undivided portion of Hudson's Bay Co's Reserve, n.d. (2008.1.1.7.3) Map Drawer 1 Map is later than correspondence, so must have been added to the file at a later date.
Power of Attorney documents: Samuel Benfield Steele to M.H. Steele 2 copies
Sans titreIncludes a colored engraved Happy New Year's card
Sans titreIncludes a news clipping about "Women in the Saddle"; SBS comments in letter about his first horse ride with Miss Harwood
Sans titreSBS refers to letter he has written to Marie Harwood's father, asking for her hand in marriage
Sans titreSBS comments in letter about how much he enjoys writing letters to Maye
Sans titreSBS mentions sending an engagement ring to Maye; tells her he has flirted in the past, but never loved until now
Sans titreIncludes an attached news clipping, "Unkind Words" poem
Sans titreIncludes attached news clipping, "Dementia Amoris"
Sans titreSBS describes his boyhood and early education in this letter
Sans titreSBS discusses his views on religion and mixed marriages; encloses a news clipping of a poem: "My Lady-love"
Sans titreAnnotation on envelope written by Harwood Steele [1973]
Sans titreAttached newsclipping sent with letter, "The Way Girls Kiss"
Sans titreIn letter, SBS mentions using sign language in absence of Jerry Potts
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