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The George Peabody Papers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

Muriel E. Hidy
Muriel E. Hidy
Affiliation:
Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts
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Extract

The collection of George Peabody papers in the Essex Institute of Salem, Massachusetts, illustrates the value of private business correspondence in the study of economic history. Writers on the history of American commerce have complained of the lack of available business records, and students of capital movements have looked for more detailed information. The papers of George Peabody, merchant and financier, include material both on the importation of goods to the United States and on long-term investments during the period from 1830 to 1857.

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Business History Review , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , February 1938 , pp. 1 - 6
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Copyright © The President and Fellows of Harvard College 1938

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References

1 Peabody Mss., clipping from the Newcastle Journal, July 26, 1851.

2 Hunt's Merchants Magazine, April, 1857, pp. 428, 431.Google Scholar

3 Peabody Mss., Articles of Copartnership, August 19, 1834.

4 Ibid., Alexander Brown & Sons to W. & J. Brown & Co., August 19, 1934.

5 Ibid., Peabody to Baring Brothers & Co., June 17, 1845; ibid., Peabody to J. J. Speed, November 28, 1842, published in Baltimore Patriot; ibid., Peabody to P. R. & Co., December 7, 1843.

6 Baring Mss., clipping, Peabody to editor of New York, Times, January 21, 1858; Peabody Mss., Peabody to W. W. Corcoran, undated, 1858.