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Collection Reference Number GLC00687.230
From Archive Folder Papers of George May Powell 
Title Hiram Smith to A. F. Williams about picking up his artificial limb
Date 29 May 1866
Author Smith, Hiram (fl. 1866)  
Recipient Williams, A.F.  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description He wants to know when his limbs will be ready for him to pick up so he can plan.
Subjects Science and Technology  Health and Medical  Business and Finance  Injury or Wound  
People Powell, George May (1835-1905)  
Place written Barre, Vermont
Theme Health & Medicine; 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