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Collection Reference Number GLC00687.146
From Archive Folder Papers of George May Powell 
Title International Arbitration Memorial
Date 20 February 1896
Author International Arbitration Council  
Document Type Non-governmental organization document
Content Description The undersigned men, under the direction of George May Powell, support an international arbitration first between the U.S. and Britain, and later with other nations. The memorial is directed toward the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Subjects Congress  Global History and Civics  Treaty  Government and Civics  Politics  Diplomacy  
People Powell, George May (1835-1905)  
Place written Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme Foreign Affairs
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