Rev. Charles Peabody Papers

Collection

Identifier: A1192

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection contains a typescript copy of a diary of Rev. Charles Peabody, May 21– September 11, 1846; a diary of Rev. Peabody, October 12, 1846–July 25, 1849, while he traveled in the West (mostly in St. Louis, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio) as an agent of the American Tract Society; and four travel diaries of Rev. Peabody, 1858-1859, recording his travels mostly in Europe. The collection also contains correspondence to Rev. Peabody, 1888-1889; many of these letters are from his Dartmouth College classmates.

Dates

1846-1889

Creator

Peabody, Charles, Rev., 1816-1903 (Author, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

For permission to publish, quote from, or reproduce material in this collection, please contact the Archives Reference Desk at archives@mohistory.org. Copyright restrictions may apply. The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of copyright.

Biographical Sketch

Charles Peabody, the son of Ammi and Sarah Johnson Peabody, was born November 8, 1816, in Newport, New Hampshire. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1839, and was ordained as a Congregational minister in Boston in 1845. Soon thereafter he traveled to the West as an agent of the American Tract Society. He worked for the American Tract Society in St. Louis in the 1850s-1860s and in Chicago in the 1870s. He married Eliza Antoinette Hubbell in New York in 1847. She died May 28, 1851, in New York. Charles Peabody died November 25, 1903, in Pasadena, California, where he had been residing since the early 1890s.

Extent

0.2 Cubic Feet ( (2 folders; 5 volumes))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically. Selected abstracts from the diaries are available in the inventory.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

There are no physical or technical restrictions.

Donor Information

The papers were donated to the Missouri Historical Society by Charles Peabody’s daughter, Miss S.W. Peabody, in August 1956.

Existence and Location of Copies

The diaries of Charles Peabody were digitized by Michio Warner in 2020. The images may be viewed online by clicking the links beside each item in the inventory.