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Collection Reference Number GLC00687.167
From Archive Folder Papers of George May Powell 
Title Letter to George May Powell about forestry work
Date 9 June 1892
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description He acknowledges the value of good forestry work and mentions work with Samuel Powell. Letter written on U. S. Department of Agriculture, Division of Forestry letterhead
Subjects Agriculture and Animal Husbandry  Government and Civics  Forestry  Ecology and Wildlife Preservation  
People Powell, George May (1835-1905)  
Place written Washington, D.C.
Theme Government & Politics; Agriculture
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Additional Information Powell was a Lincoln supporter and served as a statistician in the Treasury Department during the Civil War. Active in religious work as a young man, he was the secretary and manager of the Evangelistic Press Association and led a topographical corps through Egypt and North Africa to create Sunday School maps of Palestine and the Holy Land. Powell participated in the American Forestry Commission, the Grange and Patrons of Husbandry, the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, and the National Geographic Society. He was active in Sabbath reform work.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945