Francis Peabody (1801-1867)

Colonel Francis Peabody, President of the Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts

He was the founding President of the Forest River Lead Company; an amateur architect; Colonel in the Massachusetts Militia; President of Essex (Literary, Historical and Scientific) Institute at Salem; and a Member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. 
Contributed by Mark Meredith on 12/12/2021 and last updated on 12/12/2021.