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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | David Cobb's financial affairs and Bingham's Maine lands |
| Archival Reference | Ms. N-1000 |
| Sub-collection | David Cobb Papers |
| Author | Cobb, David |
| Date | 1 Jan-31 Dec 1799 |
| Document Type | Notes; Business and financial document; Correspondence |
| Contents |
Includes: Cash accounts of [David Cobb] with sundry departments, [1799] Accounts of [David Cobb] for cash disbursements, supplies, and transportation of supplies on the 'Gouldsborough Packet', [1799] Manuscript extracts by [David Cobb] from printed accounts and descriptions of Mount Desert Island, Me., [1799] Store account of David Cobb for 1799, 1 Jan.-31 Dec. 1799 Cash book of [David Cobb], Jan. 1799 List by [David Cobb] of persons owing debts to the concern for 1798, 5 Jan. 1799 Store account of [Benjamin Godfrey] for 1798-1799, [1799] Store account of [David Cobb] for 21 May 1798-23 Jan. 1799, 23 Jan. 1799 Agreement between David Cobb and John Richards, agents of William Bingham, and David Wass concerning the sale of Maine lands to Wass, 24 Jan. 1799 Instructions from [David] Cobb and [John] Richards (Gouldsboro, Me.) to William Tupper for surveying boundary lines on William Bingham's Maine lands, 24 Jan. 1799 Settled account of John Goodwin with Cobb and Richards, 29 Jan. 1799 Letter from David Cobb (Gouldsboro, Me.) to William Bingham about the purchase of a lumber schooner, the establishment of a store, and the construction of sawmills on Bingham's Maine lands, 31 Jan. 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 | Stores and Supplies Land Transaction and Property Surveying Borders and Boundaries Banking and Finance Construction and Building Forestry and Logging Travel and Transportation |
| Places | Mount Desert; 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 |