Scope and Contents

The patent for a hollow brick, dated 1862, cannot be opened due to water damage.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries A. General Accounts includes financial records of each year which may contain bills of lading, invoices, inventories, statements, stocks, contracts, brokers’ guarantees, and accounts. Periodic specialized folders also occur, including ships’ papers, accounts of particular companies, commodity accounts (such as iron, flour, or timber accounts), and accounts and reports of mercantile credit associations.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries A. General Accounts includes financial records of each year which may contain bills of lading, invoices, inventories, statements, stocks, contracts, brokers’ guarantees, and accounts. Periodic specialized folders also occur, including ships’ papers, accounts of particular companies, commodity accounts (such as iron, flour, or timber accounts), and accounts and reports of mercantile credit associations.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series V. Personal Papers contains Peabody’s family and personal correspondence, speeches, social, and philanthropic letters, financial, legal, and miscellaneous papers. Family correspondence includes letters from Peabody’s siblings, Achsah, Thomas, and Jeremiah Peabody, Judith (Peabody) and J. Russell, Sophronia (Peabody) and Elbridge Little, and Mary (Peabody) and Caleb Marsh. Also included is correspondence with Peabody’s nephews, O.C. Marsh and George Peabody Russell, who received...

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series VII. Miscellaneous and Collected Papers contains a variety of written, printed, and graphic materials collected by or about Peabody. These papers include memorandums (including Peabody’s guest lists about seating arrangements), circulars, printed programs and invitations from events sponsored by Peabody, graphics (including engravings of Peabody and O.C. Marsh), scrapbooks of Civil War telegrams and memorandums, and clippings collected by or about Peabody.