Proceedings at the reception and dinner in honor of George Peabody, Esq., of London : by the citizens of the old town of Danvers, October 9, 1856 : to which is appended an historical sketch of the Peabody Institute, with the exercises at the laying of the corner-stone and at the dedication / published by order of the Committee of Arrangements.

The exercises were in the charge of a joint committee of the two towns of Danvers and South Danvers; cf. "The reception, introduction" on p. [1].
Contains lithographs on which Winslow Homer worked when he was with J.H. Bufford's Lith; Homer's initials are on illustrations facing p. 21 and 89.
Separate half-title, [p. 135] : An historical sketch of the Peabody Institute, with the proceedings at laying the corner-stone, and at the dedication.