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Collection Reference Number GLC00687.140
From Archive Folder Papers of George May Powell 
Title George Powell to "Gentlemen" about an art publication of his and a new invention
Date 17 February 1882
Author Powell, George May (1835-1905)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description He writes about an offer some time previously of an art publication of his, which was declined. He wonders if the gentlemen would be interested in a new invention.
Subjects Art, Music, Theater, and Film  Book Selling  Business and Finance  Invention  
People Powell, George May (1835-1905)  
Place written Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme Arts & Literature; Science, Technology, Invention; Merchants & Commerce
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