Margaret B. Peeke (née, Peck; April 8, 1838 – November 2, 1908) was an American traveler, lecturer, and author of the long nineteenth century.
[3] Her mother's brother, Erastus C. Benedict, Chancellor of the University of the State of New York, charged himself with Margaret's education and became in many ways her counselor and guide.
In the later part of the decade, he served as pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church in Rock Island, Illinois.
When ill health forced her to rest, she resumed writing, submitting poems and stories to various periodicals.
[3] Her letters drew attention to her favorite summer resort in the Cumberland Mountains, and a little pamphlet entitled "Pomona" was her reply to many requests for information.
[5] Peeke's short biography of George Lansing Raymond appeared in an 1890 volume of The Magazine of Poetry.
[5] She was involved in a work connected with the pygmies of America and the origin of the race; it was issued under the title Born of Flame (Philadelphia, 1892).
[9] By decree of the Supreme Council of the Martinist Order, the post of Sovereign Delegate General for the United States was abolished in 1902.