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Queen Victoria Letter
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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 12 Oct 2010
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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 12 Oct 2010
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| Creator: | Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901. |
| Title: | Queen Victoria Letter |
| Dates: | 1866 |
| Quantity: | 1 folder (SC) |
| Abstract: | Letter (in the third person) from Queen Victoria to George Peabody, merchant and philanthoropist, thanking him for his giftof $2.5 million to be used for housing for the poor in London. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
George Peabody (1795-1869) of was an American businessman and philanthropist from Boston, Massachusetts. He gave generously to numerous social causes such as libraries, education, housing for the poor, and founded the Peabody Institute.
The Queen Victoria Letter consists of a letter (in the third person) from Queen Victoria to George Peabody of Boston, thanking him for his gift of $2.5 million to be used for model housing for London's working poor. The Queen later offered Peabody a baronetcy or the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, both of which he declined.
Although the letter appears to be dated 1886, as Peabody died in 1869 it is more likely the date is 1866.
Single item.
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Persons
Peabody, George, 1795-1869.
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901.
Subjects
Humanitarianism -- United Kingdom.
Humanitarianism -- United States.
Merchants -- United States.
Philanthropists -- United States.
Urban poor -- Housing -- United Kingdom.
Genres and Forms
Correspondence.
Occupations
Philanthropists.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Queen Victoria Letter,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Unspecified, 1970.
Correspondence
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| SC 620 | to Peabody, George 1866 | ||||||||||