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.
Steele, FloraA 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
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Includes a colored engraved Happy New Year's card
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Includes a news clipping about "Women in the Saddle"; SBS comments in letter about his first horse ride with Miss Harwood
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919SBS refers to letter he has written to Marie Harwood's father, asking for her hand in marriage
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919SBS comments in letter about how much he enjoys writing letters to Maye
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919SBS mentions sending an engagement ring to Maye; tells her he has flirted in the past, but never loved until now
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Includes an attached news clipping, "Unkind Words" poem
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Includes attached news clipping, "Dementia Amoris"
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919SBS describes his boyhood and early education in this letter
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919SBS discusses his views on religion and mixed marriages; encloses a news clipping of a poem: "My Lady-love"
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Annotation on envelope written by Harwood Steele [1973]
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919Attached newsclipping sent with letter, "The Way Girls Kiss"
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919In letter, SBS mentions using sign language in absence of Jerry Potts
Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919