Lincoln Park

Georgetown Peabody Library

Lincoln Park (new front door facing Maple Street)

Georgetown, Massachusetts 01833
978-352-5728 978-352-5748
978-352-7415 fax

Ruth E. Eifert, MLS, Library Director

 

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Our Benefactor: George Peabody

Items owned by the library pertaining to George Peabody:
  • Lock of George Peabody's hair
  • George Peabody's Nightcap
  • Ribbon from Reception held in Peabody, MA honoring George Peabody October 9, 1856
  • Menu from dinner given by George Peabody in London for those involved in the Great Exhibition, October 27, 1851
  • Train Schedules for Obsequies (Funeral Service) Boston to Peabody, Portland to Peabody
  • Admittance passes to the Funeral and Funeral Train
  • Stereograph of George Peabody's Funeral train car interior and casket
  • Stereograph of Funeral Procession in Peabody, Massachusetts
  • Centennial Coin of the Town of Peabody 1868-1968 George Peabody, benefactor
  • Centennial book of George Peabody's birth, 1795-1895

  • Centennial book of George Peabody's death, 1869-1969

  • Peabody Coat of Arms

  • Letter from George Peabody to Mrs. Judith Daniels, Georgetown Resident and Peabody's sister

Click here for a history of George Peabody from Peabody Historical Society.
Click here for a biographical sketch of George Peabody from the Peabody Institute Library, Peabody, MA