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Collection Reference Number GLC01646
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1787 
Title George Washington to Mrs. Elizabeth Powel regarding a reflecting lamp
Date 8 September 1787
Author Washington, George (1732-1799)  
Recipient Powel, Elizabeth  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Thanks her for a reflecting lamp that was apparently a new and unusual European import. Comments, "The benefits which will flow from the general use of such Lamps, are too apparent for the light of them to be long hid from the American World."
Subjects Science and Technology  President  Women's History  
People Washington, George (1732-1799)  Powel, Elizabeth Willing (1743-1830)  
Place written Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme Women in American History; Science, Technology, Invention; The Presidency
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Elizabeth Powel was the wife of Samuel Powel, the Mayor of Philadelphia 1775-1776, 1789-1790. Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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