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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Correspondence between David Cobb and others regarding both business and personal matters |
| Archival Reference | Ms. N-1000 |
| Sub-collection | David Cobb Papers |
| Author | Cobb, David Jackson, Henry Cobb, Thomas |
| Date | 1-31 Aug 1795 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Contents |
Includes: Account by [David Cobb] of expenses on a trip to and from the home of Henry Knox, Aug. 1795 Letter from Thomas Cobb (Taunton) to his father David Cobb about business and personal matters, 4 Aug. 1795 Letter from Henry Jackson (Boston) to David Cobb about supplies he has ordered and a proposed visit by William Bingham to Maine, 4 Aug. 1795 Bill from Moses and Aaron Davis (Roxbury) to David Cobb for sundry articles bought on the account of Henry Jackson, 5 Aug. 1795 Contract of David Cobb with Oliver Leonard for the purchase of Maine lands, 6 Aug. 1795 [copy]. Enclosed in letter from Cobb to William Bingham, 18 Aug. 1795. Letter from David Cobb (Gouldsboro, Me.) to William Bingham about the sale of Maine lands to Oliver Leonard and Henry Knox's opinion of the sale, 18 Aug. 1795 Letter from David Cobb (Gouldsboro, Me.) to Henry Knox about the sale of land to Oliver Leonard and Ebenezer Hunt, a proposed visit by William Bingham, and personal matters, 30 Aug. 1795 [copy] Letter from David Cobb (Gouldsboro, Me.) to Daniel Cony about the customary allowance or percentage for a logging permit, 31 Aug. 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 | Children and Family Commerce and Trade Stores and Supplies Land Transaction and Property Forestry and Logging Leisure, Entertainment and Social Life Banking and Finance Travel and Transportation |
| Places | Taunton; Maine; Massachusetts; Gouldsboro; Boston; Roxbury |
| People | Cobb, David (1748-1830) Bingham, William (1752-1804) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) Cobb, Thomas (1772-1849) |
| Themes | Land & Property |
| Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Copyright | Massachusetts Historical Society |