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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00687.128 |
| From Archive Folder | Papers of George May Powell |
| Title | Memorandum of an Agreement |
| Date | 7 March 1875 |
| Author | Hurd and Houghton, Publishers and Booksellers |
| Document Type | Business and financial document; Legal document |
| Content Description | A contract between George May Powell of the Oriental Topographical Corps and Melancthon M. Hurd and Albert G. Houghton, Publishers and Booksellers, to publish Rawson's Bible Hand Book. GMP will provide illustrations at his cost and will retain ownership. Signed by GMP, Hurd, Houghton, and Rawson. |
| Subjects | Law Asia Geography and Natural History Book Selling Business and Finance Art, Music, Theater, and Film Literature and Language Arts Religion Christianity Middle East Africa Contract |
| People | Powell, George May (1835-1905) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Arts & Literature; Religion; Merchants & Commerce; Law |
| 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 |