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Samuel Powel portrait
Portrait of Samuel Powel (1738-1793), who served as Mayor of Philadelphia from 1775-76 and 1789-90. Powel graduated from the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania) in 1759 and was an early member of the American Philosophical Society, as well as a trustee of the College o...
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| Collection: | Simon Gratz autograph collection (#0250A) |
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| Box Number: | Box 9 |
| Volume Number: | Volume 3 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org) |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/10791 |
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Portrait of Samuel Powel (1738-1793), who served as Mayor of Philadelphia from 1775-76 and 1789-90. Powel graduated from the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania) in 1759 and was an early member of the American Philosophical Society, as well as a trustee of the College of Philadelphia. Powel died in September 1793 during Philadelphia's Yellow Fever epidemic and was interred at Christ Church Burial Ground. |
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