This is a common project of the following partners: city of Peabody, Peabody Institute Library, Peabody Historical Society and George Peabody House&Leatherworkers Museum.

Site goal is to provide public access to the archive materials of our partners.

On our website you can find:

• Public records (birth, marriage, death)
• Historical manusripts
• Local periodicals
• Old photos of Peabody and its citizens

Interesting Facts

Peabody taxes in 1915

Tax rate in 1915 is 21.60$. Tax bills this year are due October, 12.

The largest taxpayers are A. C. Lawrence Leather Co., the National Calfskin Co. and Swift & Co., all Swift interests, and their total tax year is $63,432.61, which is one-fifth of all the taxes assessed in town.

To learn more go to the article of Peabody Paragraphs September 23, 1915. Link will open in a new window

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New! Just uploaded:

• Century Chest (1902) photo collection - message from the past
• Civil war letters sent to the South Danvers Ladies' Soldiers Aid Society

Coming soon:

• Peabody correspondence 1916

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