Circa 1850 South Danvers, MA. T.A.Sweetser residence, Capt Proctor store decorated in honor of George Peabody.

A hometown welcome for George Peabody by the citizens of Danvers, Massachusetts. sometime in the mid-1800s. Reprinted from original handcolored lithographs by J. H. Buffords on 8-1/2" by 11" matt photo paper. Any blemishes on the 150 year old images also appear on the reprint.  This listing is for  one reprint as shown in the picture and as described in the title. There are 14 in all, and each one is listed separately.

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About George Peabody:

Born: 18-Feb-1795
Birthplace: Peabody, MA
Died: 4-Nov-1869
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Peabody, MA

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business, Philanthropist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: American businessman, philanthropist

Highly successful merchant who put J.P. Morgan's father on the path to financial glory. Founded and endowed Peabody Institutes of Baltimore and Massachusets. Peabody Museums of Yale and Harvard, and a fund for education in the south. This American businessman and philanthropist, descended from an old yeoman family of Hertfordshire, England, named Pabody or Pebody. He was born in the part of Danvers which is now Peabody, Massachusetts, on the 18th of February 1795. When eleven years old he became apprentice at a grocery store. At the end of four years he became assistant to his brother, and a year afterwards to his uncle, who had a business in Georgetown, District of Columbia. After serving as a volunteer at Fort Warburton, Maryland, in the War of 1812, he became partner with Elisha Riggs in a dry goods store at Georgetown, Riggs furnishing the capital, while Peabody was manager. Through his energy and skill the business increased with astounding rapidity, and on the retirement of Riggs about 1830 Peabody found himself at the head of one of the largest mercantile concerns in the world. About 1837 he established himself in London as merchant and money-broker at Wanford Court, in the city, and in 1843 he withdrew from the American business. The number of his benefactions to public objects was very large. He gave £50,000 for educational purposes at Danvers; £200,000 to found and endow a scientific Institute in Baltimore; various sums to Harvard University; £700,000 to the trustees of the Peabody Educational Fund to promote education in the southern states; and £500,000 for the erection of dwelling-houses for the working-classes in London. He received from Queen Victoria the offer of a baronetcy, but declined it. In 1867 the United States Congress awarded him a special vote of thanks. He died in London on the 4th of November 1869. After a temporary burial in Westminster Abbey, his body was carried to America in the British warship "Monarch" for final burial in his native land.