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Collection Reference Number GLC00687.129
From Archive Folder Papers of George May Powell 
Title Octavius Knight to George May Powell about failure to complete May patent
Date 11 December 1875
Author Knight, Octavius (fl. 1866-1875)  
Recipient Powell, George May  
Document Type Correspondence; Business and financial document
Content Description He was unable to attend to completion of the May patent and pay the government fee as previously determined. He will now renew it as soon as possible.
Subjects Patent  Invention  Government and Civics  Finance  
People Powell, George May (1835-1905)  
Place written Washington, D.C.
Theme 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