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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Settlement and sale of lands, including Bingham's Maine lands |
| Archival Reference | Ms. N-1000 |
| Sub-collection | David Cobb Papers |
| Author | Bingham, William Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Cobb, Ebenezer Bradish |
| Date | 5 May-11 Jul 1796 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Notes; Business and financial document |
| Contents |
Includes: Letter from Cyrus Swan (Stonington) to David Cobb rejecting his terms for the sale of Maine lands, 5 May 1796 Letter from William Bingham (Philadelphia) to David Cobb about Bingham's accounts with Cobb and Bingham's plans to visit his Maine lands, 16 May 1796 Receipt from Ebenezer Bradish (Cambridge) to David Cobb for payment of £75.00, 7 June 1796 Letter from William Bingham (Boston) to David Cobb about Bingham's plans to visit Maine and the sale of Bingham lands to Alexander Baring, 28 June 1796 Note from Nathan Jones (Gouldsboro, Me.) to David Cobb for $49.00, 6 July 1796 Letter from Henry Knox (Montpelier) to David Cobb about the travel plans of William Bingham's party, 6 July 1796 Receipt from Peter and George Lorillard (New York) to [William Crocker] for payment for snuff, 11 July 1796 |
| 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 | Land Transaction and Property Travel and Transportation Commerce and Trade Settlers and Settlement |
| Places | Stonington; Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Boston; Cambridge; Massachusetts; Maine; Gouldsboro; Montpelier; New York |
| People | Cobb, David (1748-1830) Bingham, William (1752-1804) Cobb, Ebenezer Bradish (1781-1840) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Baring, Alexander (1774-1848) |
| Themes | Business, Trade & Commerce; Land & Property |
| Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Copyright | Massachusetts Historical Society |