mss0099_0860.xml Finding aid for Daniel Steele letter to Robert Moore 1805 December 20 University of Delaware Library, Special Collections University of Delaware Library
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Date encoded (2009 November 24) Finding aid encoded 2009 November 24 English Daniel Steele letter to Robert Moore1805 December 20 Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267 Phone: 302-831-2229 Fax: 302-831-6003 URL: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/
 Steele, Daniel, 1772-1828. Daniel Steele letter to Robert Moore1805 December 20 MSS 099, F860 1 item (1 p.) In this handwritten and signed letter, bookbinder Daniel Steele of Albany, New York, informed New York City bookseller Robert Moore of a shipment of ten bundles of scale board which was being sent by way of the sloop Ontario. Materials entirely in English. University of Delaware Library - Special Collections Source

Purchase, 1993.

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MSS 099, F860, Daniel Steele letter to Robert Moore, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

 Shelving Summary Box 60, F860: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0099 manuscript boxes Processing

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 Biographical Note

Bookbinder Daniel Steele established his bindery in a building shared with the printing office of Charles R. Webster in Albany, New York. Steele lost all of his stock in the great fire in 1793.

Steele's letter is addressed to a New York City bookseller named Robert Moore.

The American Bookbinders Museum. http://www.bookbindersmuseum.com (accessed November 2009).

Scope and Content Note

In this handwritten and signed letter, Albany, New York, bookbinder Daniel Steele informs New York City bookseller, Robert Moore of a shipment of ten bundles of scale board which is being sent by way of the sloop Ontario.

The letter includes a bill of sale and instructions to remit the payment to the sloop's Captain Green. The back side of the single-fold letter bears address information, a postmark, and an inscription suggesting the letter may have traveled with the ten bundles of scale board.

 Selected Search Terms Personal Names Moore, Robert--Correspondence. Steele, Daniel, 1772-1828--Correspondence. Corporate Names Ontario (sloop) Topical Terms Bookbinding--History--19th century. Form/Genre Terms Letters (correspondence) Bills of sale. Occupation Bookbinders. Personal Contributors Moore, Robert, correspondent. Detailed Contents List 60 F860 Daniel Steele letter to Robert Moore1805 December 20