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26 of 26: George Peabody (1795-1869): A-Z Handbook…, By Franklin Parker & Betty J. Parker, bfparker@frontiernet.net
26 of 26: George Peabody (1795-1869): A-Z Handbook of the Massachusetts-Born Merchant in the South, London-Based Banker, and Philanthropist’s Life, Influence, and Related People, Places, Events, and Institutions. ©2007, By Franklin Parker & Betty J. Parker, bfparker@frontiernet.net

Covers from References, cont’d., Newspapers, New York Herald, May 29, 1868, to End of Manuscript.
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New York Herald, May 29, 1868, p. 3, c. 6 (U.S. Sen. Charles Sumner, R-Mass., introduced [March 5, 1867] joint congressional resolution of thanks and gold medal to GP for his Feb. 7, 1867, PEF gift. The resolution was debated and passed in the U.S. Senate, March 8, 1867, 36 yeas and 2 nays [the nays charging GP with Confederate sympathy]; debated in the U.S. House of Rep., March 9, 1867, passed, March 14, 1867, despite the same charge, and signed by U.S. Pres. Johnson, March 16, 1867. The gold medal was crafted by Starr and Marcus, NYC silversmiths and jewelers, seen by Pres. Johnson and cabinet and displayed in Washington, D.C., May 26, 1868, seen by GP in London, Dec. 25, 1868, and placed for display and permanent safekeeping in the Peabody Institute Library, Peabody, Mass.).

New York Herald, Jan. 31, 1869, p. 4, c. 3 (Described Congressional gold medal to GP for his PEF, similar to New York Herald, May 29, 1868, p. 3, c. 6, entry above).

New York Herald, June 10, 1869, p. 3, c. 6. (GP arrived NYC for his June 8-Sept. 29, 1869, last U.S. visit).

New York Herald, July 16, 1869, p. 5, c. 5-6 (Three months before his Nov. 4, 1869, death, an ailing GP spoke at July 14, 1869, dedication of Peabody Institute Library, Danvers, Mass., to which he gave a total of $100,000. The library was begun Dec. 22, 1856, as a branch library of Peabody Institute Library, Peabody, Mass., to which he gave a total of $217,600, begun June 16, 1852).

New York Herald, Aug. 1, 1869, p. 6, c. 6 (GP visited Greenbrier Hotel, White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., July 23-Aug. 30, 1869, where he spoke to and was photographed with Robert E. Lee, other former Civil War generals, and northern and southern educational and political leaders [Aug. 12], and where a Peabody Ball was held in his honor [Aug. 11]).

New York Herald, Aug 17, 1869, p. 7, c. 5; and Aug. 27, 1869, p. 5, c. 4 (GP gave his lost Va. bonds, 1869, to R.E. Lee’s Washington College, later redeemed at $60,000; similar to Baltimore American, May 14, 1883, entry above).

New York Herald, Sept. 23, 1869, p. 7, c. 2 (GP’s last $400,000 PIB gift and last Baltimore departure, Sept. 22, 1869).

New York Herald,, Sept. 30, 1869, p.7, c. 4 (A sick GP at age 74, after amending his will and arranging for burial at Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass., left NYC on the Scotia, ending his last four months U.S. visit, June 8-Sept. 29, 1869. He reached London to rest at business friend Curtis M. Lampson’s 80 Eaton Sq. home, where he died Nov. 4, 1869).

New York Herald, Oct. 10, 1869, p. 3, c. 1 (GP’s acknowledgment of photo the GP Statue Committee sent him of the July 23, 1869, unveiling of his statue in Threadneedle St., London).

New York Herald, Nov. 24, 1869, p. 3, c. 4 (Erroneous reports of GP statues planned in Rome, Italy, and NYC. NYC meetings on Nov. 20 and 23, 1869, to propose a statue failed; the reason later given was that mounting honors for GP offended believers in republican simplicity).

New York Herald, Nov. 28, 1869, p. 3, c. 1; and Dec. 14, 1869, p. 7, c. 1 (Handing over ceremony of GP’s remains from Westminster Abbey, London, to Portsmouth harbor on Dec. 11, 1869, and placing the coffin aboard HMS Monarch for transatlantic crossing to New England).

New York Herald, Dec. 14, 1869, p. 7, c. 1; Jan. 5, 1870, p. 7, c. 2; and April 14, 1870, p. 10, c. 3 (GP’s last will was written and
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