Peabody, Robert S. (Robert Singleton), 1837-
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Robert Singleton Peabody (1837-1904) attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts where he was valedictorian of his class (1857). He married Margaret Augusta Goddard with whom he had a son, Charles Peabody. Singleton Peabody was the nephew of the well-known philanthropist George Peabody (1795-1869) and was co-executor of his uncle's will. Over his lifetime Peabody amassed a collection of some 40,000 Native American archaeological artifacts, which he donated to Phillips Academy and which formed the nucleus of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology (founded 1901).
From the guide to the Robert Singleton Peabody Letter, 1850s, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)
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Subjects:
- New York (State)
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- Thousand Islands (N.Y. and Ont.) (as recorded)
