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Collection Reference Number GLC00687.058
From Archive Folder Papers of George May Powell 
Title Emily Howard to George May Powell about ordering photographs
Date 23 February 1866
Author Howard, Emily B. (fl. 1866)  
Recipient Powell, George May  
Document Type Correspondence; Business and financial document
Content Description re: She wants to clear up confusion about ordering photographs with the retail price. Her soldier agents need money.
Subjects Finance  Business and Finance  Photography  US Constitutional Amendment  US Constitution  Congress  Government and Civics  African American History  Slavery  Women's History  Woman Author  Reconstruction  
People Powell, George May (1835-1905)  
Theme Merchants & Commerce; Arts & Literature
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