A.L. Rawson to George May Powell about ownership of the plates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rawson, A. L., active 1875-1882, author.

Contributor:

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, owner.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity.

Contracts.

Law.

Selling--Books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Production:

New York : [producer not identified], 1876.

Summary:

He expresses concern about GMP's ownership of the plates of the Bible Hand Book and hopes that a corrected contract will be drawn up shortly.

Notes:

Collection Reference: GLC00687.133

From folder: Papers of George May Powell

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.

Recipient: Powell, George May

Sub-collection: The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945

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