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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Correspondence between David Cobb and others, regarding land and business |
| Archival Reference | Ms. N-1000 |
| Sub-collection | David Cobb Papers |
| Author | Cobb, David Bingham, William Ross, Donald |
| Date | 1-12 Dec 1799 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Contents |
Includes: Receipted bill of David Cobb for boarding a surveying party, Dec. 1799 Letter from Christopher Hatch (Campo Bello Island) to David Cobb requesting a vessel to take a cargo of plaster to Philadelphia, 6 Dec. 1799 Letter from William Bingham (Philadelphia) to David Cobb concerning Bingham's Maine lands, the lands of Peter Francis Van Berckel, and the debts of Henry Knox and requesting Cobb's opinion of John Merrick, 10 Dec. 1799 Letter from Donald Ross (Union River, Me.) to David Cobb about payment for logs cut on William Bingham's Maine lands, 11 Dec. 1799 Letter from David Cobb and [John] Richards (Gouldsboro, Me.) to Nathaniel Hardenson giving him instructions to stop the theft of lumber from the Maine lands under their supervision, with letter on verso from Cobb to Jeremiah Bragdon requesting that he "bring down" supplies left at his store, 12 Dec. 1799 [copies] Agreement of John Fabrique with David Cobb and John Richards for the construction of a double sawmill, 12 Dec. 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 | Travel and Transportation Stores and Supplies Surveying Banking and Finance Construction and Building Commerce and Trade Forestry and Logging Government and Politics |
| Places | Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Union River; Maine; Gouldsboro; Massachusetts |
| People | Cobb, David (1748-1830) Bingham, William (1752-1804) |
| Themes | Business, Trade & Commerce; Land & Property |
| Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Copyright | Massachusetts Historical Society |