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Title David Cobb's accounts and legal affairs
Archival Reference Ms. N-1000
Sub-collection David Cobb Papers  
Author Cobb, David  Ross, Donald  
Date 1-30 Jan 1800
Document Type Correspondence; Business and financial document
Contents Includes:
Statement of [David Cobb] of the account balance due from concern, 1 Jan. 1800
Receipted account of Thomas Cobb with [David] Cobb and [John] Richards for services for 8 May 1798-1 Jan. 1800, 1 Jan. 1800
Letter from Samuel S. Wilde (Hallowell, Me.) to David Cobb forwarding a letter and informing him of activities on his Androscoggin River land, 2 Jan. 1800
Letter from Joseph Moore and Mr. Welch (Gouldsboro, Me.) to David Cobb about the interest of Moore and Welch in an island off Mount Desert Island, 3 Jan. 1800
Letter from Donald Ross (Union River, Me.) to David Cobb with a message from [Alexander] Campbell to Cobb, 7 Jan. 1800
Letter from Daniel Cony (Augusta, Me.) to David Cobb listing settlers on the Kennebec Million and informing Cobb of the discovery of iron ore deposits there, 16 Jan. 1800. Settlers include Joseph Baker, John Ball, Ezekiel Chase, Roger Chase, Daniel Churchill, Joseph Churchill, Joseph Cook, John Dinsmor, Barnabas Eaton, Amos Fletcher, Asa Fletcher, Thomas Fletcher, William Fletcher, Daniel Foster, Joshua Goodrich, Levi Goodrich, Amos Heald, Amos Heald, Jr., Ephraim Heald, Ephraim Heald, Jr., Jonas Heald, Solomon Night, Silas Parlin, William Reynolds, Joseph Russell, and Ephraim Wood.
Letter from Gustavus Fellowes (Plantation No. 22, Me.) to David Cobb about the payment of taxes owed by Fellowes, 22 Jan. 1800
Letter from [David Cobb] (Castine, Me.) to Joseph Moore and Welch about the sale of land on Mount Desert Island, 27 Jan. 1800 [copy]
Letter from Samuel Freeman (Portland, Me.) to David Cobb requesting compensation in a suit by William Bingham and enclosing a copy of a letter from James Sullivan to Freeman to support his request, 30 Jan. 1800. Enclosed with copy of answer from Cobb and Richards to Freeman.
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 Banking and Finance  Settlers and Settlement  Land Transaction and Property  Taxation  Law and Order  
Places Hallowell; Maine; Union River; Augusta
People Cobb, David (1748-1830)  Bingham, William (1752-1804)  Cobb, Thomas (1772-1849)  
Themes Land & Property; Law & Order
Library Massachusetts Historical Society  
Copyright Massachusetts Historical Society