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Field name | Value |
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Title | Correspondence between David Cobb and others, regarding land, militia reform, and trade |
Archival Reference | Ms. N-1000 |
Sub-collection | David Cobb Papers |
Author | Swift, Foster Padelford, Seth Eustis, William |
Date | 2-15 Feb 1795 |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Contents |
Includes: Letter from William Eustis (Boston) to David Cobb about the proposed state house, the state militia, and local politics, 2 Feb. 1795 Letter from Foster Swift (Taunton) to David Cobb about local news at Taunton, including the purchase of a fire engine by the town, 2 Feb. 1795 Letter from William Shepard (Westfield) to David Cobb congratulating him on his appointment to the office of postmaster general and suggesting a post office at West Springfield, Mass., 3 Feb. 1795 Circular letter from Benjamin Henfrey (Philadelphia) proposing a course of lectures on mineralogy, 4 Feb. 1795 Letter from William Eustis (Boston) to David Cobb about court and militia reform in Massachusetts, 5 Feb. 1795 Letter from William Eustis (Boston) to David Cobb about the merit of the state in advancing money to the continental agent, 8 Feb. 1795 Letter from Seth Padelford (Taunton) to David Cobb about politics, 9 Feb. 1795 Letter from Foster Swift (Taunton) to David Cobb about the lack of snow, 9 Feb. 1795 Letter from Jonathan Ingell, Jr. (Taunton) to David Cobb about the sale of bar iron, 10 Feb. 1795 Letter from Foster Swift (Taunton) to David Cobb about news from England, 11 Feb. 1795 Letter from William Eustis (Boston) to David Cobb about the state of militia reform in Massachusetts, 12 Feb. 1795 Letter from Col. E. Haskell (Charleston, S.C.) to David Cobb about the sale of lottery tickets, 15 Feb. 1795 Letter from J[ames] Sproat (Boston) to David Cobb about Cobb's land purchase, local news at Taunton, and Bristol Academy, 15 Feb. 1795 |
Sub-collection Information | This collection consists of the papers of David Cobb primarily documenting his position as land agent for William Bingham in Maine, including papers related to the settlement of Maine, logging and the lumber trade, roads, and other subjects. Also included are papers related to his service during the American Revolution and his career as a politician and judge.David Cobb was a Revolutionary War soldier and aide-de-camp to General George Washington, speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and president of the Senate, physician, judge, member of Congress, lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, and a founder of the Society of the Cincinnati and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.The collection contains letters to Charles W. Hare, Bingham's Philadelphia agent, and Alexander Baring, the future Lord Ashburton and representative of London's House of Baring. Also included are legal actions, financial accounts, maps, and inventories related to land development, fishing, lumbering, census reports, lotteries, the laying out of streets, and the construction of wharves, warehouses, and sawmills in Gouldsboro, Maine, which Cobb tried to develop as a major commercial port.The collection also contains eight fragmentary diaries kept by Cobb, 1781-1818; a manuscript notebook with sketches; lists of British ships of the line; instructions for naval officers; letters to various members of the Cobb family; and letters from William Eustis, Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, and Israel Thorndike concerning foreign relations, state politics, and miscellaneous financial matters related to the firm of Cobb and Richards, in which Cobb was partner. |
Region | American East |
Subjects | Government and Politics Towns and Cities Education Legislation Land Transaction and Property Law and Order Commissions and Appointments Commerce and Trade |
Places | Boston; Taunton; Westfield; Philadelphia; Massachusetts; Pennsylvania; Charleston; South Carolina |
People | Cobb, David (1748-1830) Eustis, William (1753-1825) Bingham, William (1752-1804) Padelford, Seth (1807-1878) |
Themes | Government & Politics; Land & Property |
Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
Copyright | Massachusetts Historical Society |