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Collection Reference Number GLC00687.215
From Archive Folder Papers of George May Powell 
Title Lyman Bowson to A.F. Williams requesting limbs circular
Date 19 April 1866
Author Bowson, Lyman E. (fl. 1866)  
Recipient Williams, A.F.  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description He requests a circular of artificial limbs. He lost his right arm and knows several other people who also need limbs.
Subjects Science and Technology  Health and Medical  Business and Finance  Injury or Wound  
People Powell, George May (1835-1905)  
Place written Ellenburgh, New York
Theme Health & Medicine; Science, Technology, Invention; Merchants & Commerce; The American Civil War
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