Letters , 1788-1790.

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Letters , 1788-1790.

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Letter dated September 3, 1788 is Powel's response, speaking as President of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, to P. Muhlenberg's request for information on the threat of the Hessian fly in exported wheat. Letter dated February 11, 1790 awards the Society's gold medal to Joseph Mathewson for cheese.

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Powel, Samuel, 1738-1793

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Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807

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Pennsylvania congressman. From the description of ALS : Philadelphia, to Thomas McKean, 1806 Feb. 21. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122489384 Minister, Revolutionary soldier, and congressman; vice president of Pennsylvania 1785-1788. From the description of Order : to David Rittenhouse, 1788 Oct. 4. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122626038 John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg was born 1 October 1746 in Trappe, Penn...

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