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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00687.271 |
| From Archive Folder | Papers of George May Powell |
| Title | Assembly, No. 130. State of New Jersey. |
| Date | 14 February 1905 |
| Author | New Jersey Assembly |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | This was an act to erect a monument on the Revolutionary battlefield of Red Bank. |
| Subjects | Battle Revolutionary War Monument Legislation Government and Civics |
| People | Powell, George May (1835-1905) |
| Place written | Trenton, New Jersey |
| Theme | Government & Politics; The American Revolution |
| 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 |