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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Correspondence between David Cobb and others, regarding land and logging |
| Archival Reference | Ms. N-1000 |
| Sub-collection | David Cobb Papers |
| Author | Ross, Donald Bingham, William Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Date | 1 Aug-21 Sep 1799 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Contents |
Includes: Letter from Donald Ross (Union River, Me.) to David Cobb about lumbering and haying on the lands under Cobb's supervision, 1 Aug. 1799 Letter from William Bingham (Lansdowne, Pa.) to David Cobb about Bingham's Kennebec lands and Benjamin Vaughan, 3 Aug. 1799 Letter from William Bingham (Lansdowne, Pa.) to David Cobb about Bingham's Maine lands, 13 Aug. 1799 Letter from Donald Ross (Union River, Me.) to David Cobb about logging on the lands under Cobb's supervision, 29 Aug. 1799 Letter from Henry Knox (Thomaston, Me.) to David Cobb about the desire of New Hampshire people for Maine lands, 6 Sep. 1799 Letter from Donald Ross (Union River, Me.) to David Cobb about settlement along the Union River in Maine, 16 Sep. 1799 Letter from James Richardson, Jr. (Mount Desert, Me.) to David Cobb about haying on land under Cobb's supervision, 21 Sep. 1799 |
| 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 | Forestry and Logging Settlers and Settlement Agriculture Commerce and Trade Land Speculation |
| Places | Union River; Maine; Landsdowne; Pennsylvania; Thomaston; Mount Desert |
| People | Cobb, David (1748-1830) Bingham, William (1752-1804) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Themes | Land & Property |
| Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Copyright | Massachusetts Historical Society |