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Peabody, George

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Philanthropist, born at Danvers, now Peabody, in Massachusetts, U.S.; made a large fortune as a dry-goods merchant in Baltimore and as a stockbroker as well in London; gave away for benevolent purposes in his lifetime a million and a half of money, and left to his relatives one million more; died in London; his body was laid beside his mother's at South Danvers, U.S. (1795-1869).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Peabody, George'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/peabody-george.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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