Connie Peabody Brown Papers
First Church
- YPSCE pamphlet, Spring, 1897
- Thank you card to Lucie Peabody, February 1920
- Ladies Benevolent Society fundraiser letter, October 8, 1896 (includes handmade sack for donation)
- Program of the Woman’s Missionary Society, Dec. 1903 – Mar. 1904
- Program for Missionary Meetings of Ladies’ Society, 1904-1905
- Bicentennial Exercises of the First Congregational Church, June 17, 1903
- Ordination and Installation program for Rev. Walter Byron Williams, March 1, 1905
- Ordination and Installation program for Rev. Edville Adallus Roys, July 8, 1909
- Program for Choral Union Concert, May 30, 1904
- Newspaper article: William Coggin 25th anniversary of pastorate, 1863
- Newspaper article: First Church Bicentennial Celebration, June 18, 1903
- Newspaper article: Church Centennial Celebration, August 15, 1938
- Newspaper article: Ordination of Rev. Walter Byron Williams
- Newspaper article: Bicentennial anniversary of First Congregational Church
Cemeteries
- Correspondence to Rev. Albert B. Peabody from New England Historic Genealogical Society RE: Cemetery inscriptions
Clubs
- Boxford Monday Club programs, 1893-1895, 1899, no date
- Benefit Combination Entertainment by The Boxford Dramatic Club and The Boxford Choral Union, 1907
- Boxford Dramatic Club programs and notices, 1908, 1909
- The Boxford Enterprise Club, no date
- Radcliffe Glee Club, 1900
- The Clover Club of Boxford, 1914
- Boxford Oratorio Society, 1922, 1924, 1925 (Mary Bloom Manny memorial) no date
- Also “The Ladies of Cranford,”1900; “LAD or The Gift of Time,” 1923; “Valley Farm,” 1907 or 1908
Schools
- Grammar School Graduation programs, 1923, 1924
- Invitation to School House #2 reunion, 1911
- Invitation to School House #4 reunion, 1903
- Invitation to Christmas Celebration at School House #3, 1912
- School committee approval letter for Caroline E. Peabody to teach at School House #4, 1849
- Newspaper article: First annual reunion of School House #2
- School House #1 and School House #3 Notebook by Sarah P. Peabody, 1891-1892
o Attendance, spelling, lesson schedule, music lessons visitor list, honor role, perfect spelling
- School House #3 Notebook by Sarah P. Peabody, 1892-1893 and School House #1, 1893
o Attendance, spelling, lesson schedule, music lessons visitor list, honor role, perfect spelling
- School House #1 Notebooks by Sarah P. Peabody, 1895-1896, 1896-1897
o Attendance, spelling, lesson schedule, music lessons visitor list, honor role, perfect spelling
Town Farm
- Newspaper clipping RE: Auction of Town Farm
Veterans
- Program, “Reception to Boxford Boys” [returning from Spanish American War], May 10, 1899
- Letter to Lucie Peabody from soldier in France, April 24, 1918
- Letter to Lucie Peabody from Julia A. Cummings, RE: Veterans’ Graves, June 3, 1934
Massachusetts Proclamation Posters, 1860-1868
- From Nathaniel P. Banks, John A. Andrew, Abraham Lincoln
Newspaper Clippings
- Boxford news topics, mostly c.1920s
Albert B. Peabody – Personal Papers
Sermons
o Handwritten journal of sermons, 1828
o “The Triumphs of War”, sermon by Andrew P. Peabody, South Church, Portsmouth, NH, 1847
o “Information for Army Meetings” by the U.S. Christian Commission, March, 1865
o Thanksgiving Sermon preached at Danvers, MA by Milton P. Braman, 1827 (inscribed, “Rev. Peabody and the Rev. Briggs with the respects of [Gayton] Osgood”
Letters to Albert B. Peabody from brother Stephen Peabody of Newburyport, MA, 1856, 1861, 1865
o Topics incl. Franklin Pierce and Kansas-Nebraska Act, Lincoln and politics, trip to Green Bay, WI and Onarga, IL
Letters from to Albert B. Peabody from brother Samuel P. Peabody of Boxford, 1865, 1868
o Mainly discuss timber business with references to the Boxford Match Company and the Brick Company; also discuss family issues with their sister Caroline’s ownership of 118 Georgetown Road
Miscellaneous Letters
o Letter to Albert B. Peabody from Edgar K. Sellew, USN, on Barque USS Gemsbok in Civil War, from South Carolina, February 20, 1865
o Letter to Albert B. Peabody from Edward Burt, C.D. 37th Mass. Vols., October 15, 1862
o Letter from W. E. Boardman of the US Christian Commission RE: Bradstreet’s military service at Camp Convalescent, 1863
o Letter from Charles Desmond RE: sending A. B. Peabody to south for military service, August 18, 1863
o Letters from Rev. William S. Coggin (incl. booklet on address he delivered in 1864 for his 25th anniversary as Boxford reverend)
o Letter from Rev. Sereno D. Gammell requesting funds for Boxford Public Library, 1873
o Letter of qualification as school teacher from Pembroke Academy, 1847
o Page from catalog for The Irving Institute of North Tarrytown, NY, 1851 listing Albert B. Peabody as English Tutor
o 15 Letters from Albert B. Peabody to wife Sarah, written during service in Civil War, 1863
- Stephen Peabody appointment as Justice of the Peace, July 15, 1815
Peabody Family Papers
- Receipt from William A. Howe for funeral expenses of Mary A. Peabody
- Receipt paid to Mary A. Peabody estate by Nathan Towne for seat in Pew 19
- Peabody Family Association Papers, 1884, 1885, 1887-1893, 1895, 1896
- Peabody Family Association Ribbon
- Peabody Family Reunion newspaper articles
- Letter from C. H. & J. Price Camera Department RE: Peabody Family Reunion Photograph at The Pines in Groveland, MA
- Letter to Lucie Peabody from William P. Alcott RE: milfoil in Sperry Pond
- Notice for Special Town Meeting, June 16, 1925, sent to Lucie Peabody
Ephemera
- The Family Christian Almanac, 1855, 1860, 1868
- Boston Journal, “An Unexplained Phenomenon – or – The Darkness over New England in 1780”, June 14, 1871
- First 30 pages from “History of Boxford”
- Booklet of woodblock print from the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia
Lucie Peabody Scrapbook – Boxford photographs and newspaper clippings (see inventory)
Lucie Peabody Notebook – Nature observations in Boxford, 1903-1904 and Notes on Literary Cub Meetings, 1928
Edna Todd Scrapbook – Trip to Italy
Albert B. Peabody - Papers from European Trip, 1878
- Travel receipts and documents, including those for ship, “Devonia” and hotel ephemera
- Newspapers
o “The Illustrated London Times” printed in the Paris Exhibition building, 1878
o “Le Touriste D’Italie” 1878
- 51 loose photographs of European sites, people and art
- Tourist booklets with photographic or woodblock scenes:
o The New Album of New York
o Souvenir de Paris Exposition Universelle, 1878
o Views in the Edinburgh District
o Ricordo di Milano
o Ricordo di Venezia (2 different versions)
o Ricordo di Roma (3 different versions)
o Ricordo di Roma No. 1
o Ricordo di Roma 4 volume set (2 copies of each)
o The London Album, William Baker & Sons
o Twelve Views of London, 1878 (2 copies)
o The Royal Album
o Sixteen Views of London and Guide
o Nelsons’ Oil Colour Views: London and Its Sightsd
o Views on the Thames: London Bridge to Windsor
o New Album: Irish Scenery
o New Dublin Album, William Baker & Sons
- Guidebooks / Tourist Pamplets
o Melrose Abbey: Notes, Descriptive and Historical, 1878
o Grand Hotel Milan a Milan (with map)
o Grand Hotel Victoria Venise (map)
o Handbook of Rome and its Environs with two maps, 1876
o Descriptive Letterpress: Views on the Thames: London Bridge to Windsor
o Descriptive Letterpress: The City of London
o Guide to the Tower of London, 1878
o A Short Sketch of the Beauchamp Tower, Tower of London and also a Guide
o Historical Description of Westminster Abbey: Its Monuments and Curiosities, 1878
o Cook’s Handbook of London With Maps, 1878
o The British Museum: A Hand-Book Guide for Visitors