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Field name | Value |
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Title | Correspondence between David Cobb and others, regarding Bingham's lands and taxation, and Cobb's son Henry |
Archival Reference | Ms. N-1000 |
Sub-collection | David Cobb Papers |
Author | Ross, Donald Jackson, Henry Cobb, David Bingham, William |
Date | 5-28 Nov 1800 |
Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
Contents |
Includes: Letter from Donald Ross (Union River, Me.) to David Cobb reporting on lumbering and haying on William Bingham's Maine lands, 5 Nov. 1800 Letter from David Cobb (Gouldsboro, Me.) to William Bingham about the development of Bingham's Maine lands, the activities of Daniel Cony, and road cutting by Charles Vaughan, 5 Nov. 1800 Letter from H[enry] Jackson (Boston) to David Cobb about Cobb's son Henry; political, personal, and business matters; and the activities of Henry Knox, 5-8 Nov. 1800 Letter from William Bingham (Philadelphia) to David Cobb about the development of Bingham's Maine lands, 8 Nov. 1800 Letter from H[enry] J[ackson] [Boston] to David Cobb informing him that his son Henry Cobb is about to sail aboard the U.S.S. Constitution, 10 Nov. 1800 Letter from David Cobb (Gouldsboro, Me.) to William Bingham about business matters and the employment of the Gouldsborough Packet during the winter months, 17 Nov. 1800 Letter from Donald Ross (Union River, Me.) to David Cobb about business and personal matters, 19 Nov. 1800 Letter from William Bingham (Philadelphia) to David Cobb about the settlement of Bingham's Maine lands, surveys by Daniel Cony, and the prospects of John Merrick, 24 Nov. 1800 Receipted bill from Thomas Hill to David Cobb for postage, 28 Nov. 1800 Letter from Lewis F. Delesdernier (Passamaquoddy, Me.) to Cobb and Richards about taxes due on the Maine lands under their supervision, 30 Nov. 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 | Land Transaction and Property Forestry and Logging Agriculture Children and Family Labour and Employment Construction and Building Commerce and Trade Travel and Transportation Settlers and Settlement Surveying Taxation |
Places | Gouldsboro; Maine; Union River; Boston; Massachusetts; Philadelphia; Pennsylvania |
People | Cobb, David (1748-1830) Bingham, William (1752-1804) Cony, Daniel (1752-1842) Cobb, Henry (1784-1848) Cobb, Thomas (1772-1849) |
Themes | Business, Trade & Commerce; Land & Property; Children & Family |
Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
Copyright | Massachusetts Historical Society |