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Powell, George May, 1835-1905

Papers of George May Powell [decimalized]

The George May Powell collection contains personal and family correspondence. Also included are business papers relating to his Thirteenth Amendment anti-slavery photograph, his inventions, and his publications; a diary, letters, and essays...

GLC00687

Collection Item

Printed document

1867

Powell, George May, 1835-1905

George May Powell and co., publisher of the Great National Picture

GLC00687.075

Guided Readings

Guided Readings: Political Battles of the Jacksonian Era: The Bank War

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12

Reading 1: It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes. Distinctions in society will always exist under every just government. Equality of talents, of education, or...

Guided Readings

Guided Readings: Impact of the Revolution on Women and African Americans

Government and Civics

8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Reading 1 I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If...

History Now Essay

From The Editor

Carol Berkin

Many of us who grew up in the decades of the Cold War have memories of participating in air raid drills in school, watching Joseph McCarthy and his anti-communist hearings on the grainy black and white of our televisions, waiting...

Appears in:

27 | The Cold War Spring 2011

History Now Essay

From The Editor

Carol Berkin

The desire to reform and even to perfect society is as American as apple pie. From the Puritans’ determination to create "a city upon a hill," to the utopian communities of the early nineteenth century, to the communes created by...

Appears in:

30 | American Reform Movements Winter 2012

History Now Essay

From the Editor

Carol Berkin

Hamilton! This is his moment. After years of being overlooked when Americans named the members of that pantheon known as "the Founding Fathers," Alexander Hamilton has finally become a star. Literally. It took a talented young rapper...

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44 | Alexander Hamilton in the American Imagination Winter 2016

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The Emancipation Proclamation: Raising money for sick and wounded soldiers

The Emancipation Proclamation stands as the single most important accomplishment of Lincoln’s presidency. The preliminary proclamation, announced on September 22, 1862, served as a warning for Southern states that if they did not...

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Meet the National History Teacher of the Year Finalists

Congratulations to the ten finalists for 2017 National History Teacher of the Year! These educators were chosen from the 52 exceptional 2017 State History Teachers of the Year for their innovative methods of bringing history to life...

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2020 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Recipient Announced

Gettysburg College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History announced today that Elizabeth R. Varon , author of Armies of Deliverance: A New History of the Civil War (Oxford University Press), is the recipient of the 2020...

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1,977 items

Guided Readings: Political Battles of the Jacksonian Era: The Bank War

Guided Readings: Impact of the Revolution on Women and African Americans

From The Editor

From The Editor

From the Editor

The Emancipation Proclamation: Raising money for sick and wounded soldiers

Meet the National History Teacher of the Year Finalists

2020 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Recipient Announced

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