Letter to Samuel Powel, 1788.

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Letter to Samuel Powel, 1788.

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Regarding a proclamation by the government of Great Britain prohibiting the importation of United States wheat because of the Hessian fly, Muhelnberg, speaking for the State Council of Pennsylvania, requests information about the effects of the fly on grain.

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Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807

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Powel, Samuel, 1738-1793

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Samuel Powel was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1738. The son of a prominent Welsh family, Powel is best known for his two terms as Mayor of Philadelphia, from 1775-17761 and from 1789-1790. The office of mayor lay vacant between his two terms; thus, Powel was the last colonial era mayor of Philadelphia, and the first mayor of the city after independence was secured. The second of three children, Powel graduated from the City College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania) in...

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