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[PEABODY, George]. [HOMER, Winslow]. PROCEEDINGS AT THE RECEPTION AND DINNER IN HONOR OF GEORGE PEABODY, ESQ., OF LONDON, BY THE CITIZENS OF THE OLD TOWN OF DANVERS, OCTOBER 9, 1856. To which is appended an Historical Sketch of the Peabody Institute, with the exercises at the laying of the corner-stone and at the dedication. Boston: Published by order of the Committee of Arrangements; Henry W. Dutton & Son, Printers, 1856. Illustrated with 1 engraving and 17 tinted lithographs. At least two of the lithographs ("View of Arch at Davensport-and Residence of Hon. John D. Black" and "Arch Near Baptist Church, Davensport"), and possibly a few others, are by Winslow Homer, who was apprenticed at that time to the lithographic firm of John H. Bufford. They are among the earliest examples of his graphic work. (Tatham, p. 27-33.) Octavo: vi,[2],195 pp. Contemporary red cloth, gilt-stamped title and decoration to spine and upper board, a.e.g. Presentation inscription from R. S. Daniels and Francis Baker, chairman and secretary of the planning committee respectively, to Miss Harriet W. Preston, who read an ode of her compostion (printed on p. 88) at the dinner. Ex-library, with only a bookplate on front pastedown. Binding is rather worn looking but solid, being moderately soiled all over, and showing shallow loss at heel and crown, wear at corners, and with a few gouges to front cover. Front hinge cracked. Tissue guards show light to moderate foxing, as well as some of the plates and facing text pages, else most clean within and about very good overall. George Peabody, famed financier and philanthropist, was born in South Danvers (now Peabody), MA, in 1785. He received only a rudimentary education, due to the poverty of his family, and began working at the age of eleven. In 1814, he went into what proved to be a successful mercantile business with Elisha Riggs's wholesale dry-goods warehouse. At the time of Riggs' retirement in 1829, branches were in existence throughout the eastern United States. In 1837, Peabody moved to London and established himself there as a merchant and exchange broker. In 1854, he took Junius Spencer Morgan into partnership; this venture later became J.P. Morgan and Company. Peabody amassed a fortune on both sides of the Atlantic and made numerous charitable bequests in the places where he had lived, including the Peabody M. N° de ref. del artículo 74795
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