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 VI. Estate Papers contains correspondence, legal, and financial records from 1869 to 1927. These reflect the activities of executors Charles W. Chandler, Robert S. Peabody, and George Peabody Russell, who settled and divided Peabody’s estate. Included are Peabody’s memorandums for wills in 1827 and 1832, a codicil made for his will in 1869, and a description of the Peabody family trust. Also of interest are reports of the Peabody Donation Fund trustees and photographs of the...