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Peabody, city (1990 pop. 47,039), Essex co., NE Mass., a suburb of Boston, on the Danvers River; settled c.1633, inc. as South Danvers 1855, name changed 1868. Its tanning industry dates from early in the 18th cent. Leather goods, chemicals, electronic equipment, and fabricated metals are also produced. The Peabody Institute library contains much of the memorabilia of George Peabody, the philanthropist, for whom the city was named.
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