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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Letters to David Cobb, and accounts |
| Archival Reference | Ms. N-1000 |
| Sub-collection | David Cobb Papers |
| Author | Jackson, Henry Blunt, William Bingham, William |
| Date | 1-28 Dec 1798 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Contents |
Includes: Letter from Henry Jackson (Boston) to David Cobb about Cobb's dispute with William Bingham, the activities of John Richards, the financial affairs of Henry Knox, and Knox's refusal of a U.S. army post, 2 Dec. 1798 Receipt from James Andrews (Boston) to Cobb and Richards for payment of $1,200.00 for goods, 3 Dec. 1798 Letter from William Blunt (Trenton, Me.) to David Cobb about the seizure of Mr. Pratt's estate to settle a debt, 3 Dec. 1798 Receipt from David Godfrey (Boston) to [John] Richards for cash advanced on the account of Isaac and Luther Coolidge and on the bill of David Godfrey, 3 Dec. 1798. Enclosed with receipt from John Sumner to [John] Richards, 28 Nov. 1798. Settled account of James Andrews with Cobb and Richards, 5 Dec. 1798 Receipt from James Andrews (Boston) to Cobb and Richards for payment of $50.00, 8 Dec. 1798 Receipt from David Godfrey (Gouldsboro, Me.) to John Richards for payment of $30.00, 20 Dec. 1798 Settled accounts of David Wass and William Tupper with Cobb and Richards for surveying town lines, 21 Dec. 1798 [damaged] Road cutting account of [David Cobb] for 1798, 24 Dec. 1798 Letter from William Bingham (Philadelphia) to David Cobb about business matters and Henry Knox's financial difficulties, 26 Dec. 1798 Order from Peter Doliber (Mount Desert, Me.) on David Cobb to pay Davis Wasgatt taxes for the town of Mount Desert, 28 Dec. 1798 |
| 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 | Commissions and Appointments Banking and Finance Surveying Borders and Boundaries Towns and Cities Land Transaction and Property Commerce and Trade |
| Places | Boston; Gouldsboro; Maine; Massachusetts; Trenton; Philadelphia; Pennsylvania |
| People | Cobb, David (1748-1830) Bingham, William (1752-1804) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) |
| Themes | Business, Trade & Commerce; Land & Property |
| Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Copyright | Massachusetts Historical Society |