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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC00687.108
From Archive Folder	Papers of George May Powell
Title	George May Powell to Samuel D. Risley
Date	18 March 1889
Author	Powell, George May (1835-1905)
Recipient	Riseley, Samuel D.
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	He compares Florida to Egypt, and then turns to a discussion of Africa. This letter is handwritten on the back of printed letters, 1886/2/16, Philadelphia, B.C. Tillinghast, Asaph Terry, C.R. Blackall, and Francis J. Rue to George May Powell, re: They request him to give a lecture to the American Baptist schools; and [n.d.], [s.l.], George May Powell to B.C. Tillinghast, Asah Terry, C.R. Blackall, and Francis J. Rue, re: He lists the cost of his lectures and information on applications.
Subjects	Africa Middle East Education Christianity Religion Finance Global History and Civics
People	Powell, George May (1835-1905)
Place written	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme	Religion; Foreign Affairs; Education
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

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