Henry W. Peabody and Company records, 1867-1957 (inclusive).

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Henry W. Peabody and Company records, 1867-1957 (inclusive).

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Incomplete series of ledgers, journals, miscellaneous accounts and letters of a Boston firm which was in the import-export business (trade to Australia, South Africa and South America) to 1890. Thereafter it specialized in hemp, with an office in Yucatan, under the direction of Arthur Peirce, Agent. Letterbooks include ones directed to Plymouth Cordage Company and a private letter book, 1894-1907, of Henry W. Peabody. The greater part of the collection dates from the twentieth century.

8 linear ft., (94 v.)

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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Peabody, Henry W. (Henry Wayland), 1838-1908

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Henry W. Peabody was a successful Massachusetts merchant. The eponymous company he founded is still active today. From the description of Henry W. Peabody letter to Salem News, 1907 May 11. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 52159141 ...

Peirce, Arthur.

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Plymouth Cordage Company (Plymouth, Mass.)

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Bayley, Edward Clive, Sir, 1821-1884

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1842-1878 Bengal Civil Service; 1842-1849 served in Meerut; 1849 deputy commissioner of Gujarat; 1849-1851, under-secretary to the government of India, foreign department; 1851-1854 deputy commissioner of Kangra; 1854-1857 furlough; 1857 called to the bar, Middle Temple; 1857 returned to India; 1857-1859 served during the Indian Mutiny; c 1860 foreign secretary to the government of India; 1862-1872 home secretary to the government of India; 1870-1875 vice-chancellor, Calcutta Univer...

Henry W. Peabody and Company.

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