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Field name | Value |
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Title | David Cobb's accounts and land affairs, including development of Bingham's lands |
Archival Reference | Ms. N-1000 |
Sub-collection | David Cobb Papers |
Author | Bingham, William Cobb, David Cony, Daniel |
Date | 1-27 Sep 1800 |
Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
Contents |
Includes: Letter from William Bingham (Philadelphia) to David Cobb about Cobb's instructions to Daniel Cony for developing Bingham's Maine lands, 1 Sep. 1800 Receipted bill from Thomas Dennie (Boston) to David Cobb for Madeira, port, and brandy, 4 Sep. 1800 Bill from Barney Smith (Boston) to David Cobb for cloth and furnishings, 4 Sep. 1800 Receipted account of David Cobb with Thomas Dennie for wine and spirits, 5 Sep. 1800 Bill from West and Greenleaf (Boston) to David Cobb for sundry articles, 6 Sep. 1800 Letter from David Cobb (Boston) to William Bingham about the development of Bingham's Kennebec lands and Cobb's advice to Daniel Cony, 19 Sep. 1800. Another copy printed in Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, vol. 37, pp. 1077-1078. Letter from Daniel Cony (Augusta, Me.) to David Cobb reporting the progress of the survey of William Bingham's Kennebec lands, 27 Sep. 1800 |
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 | Stores and Supplies Commerce and Trade Textiles Alcohol Land Transaction and Property Surveying |
Places | Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Boston; Massachusetts; Augusta; Maine |
People | Cobb, David (1748-1830) Bingham, William (1752-1804) Cony, Daniel (1752-1842) |
Themes | Land & Property; Business, Trade & Commerce |
Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
Copyright | Massachusetts Historical Society |