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Field name | Value |
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Title | David Cobb correspondence and accounts |
Archival Reference | Ms. N-1000 |
Sub-collection | David Cobb Papers |
Author | Cony, Daniel Ross, Donald Cobb, David Bingham, William |
Date | 3 Jul-28 Aug 1803 |
Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
Contents |
Includes: Letter from Daniel Cony (Augusta, Me.) to David Cobb forwarding the appraisal of a tract of William Bingham's land seized to settle a legal action brought by Israel Thorndike, 3 July 1803 Receipted bill from William Shaw (Gouldsboro, Me.) to David Cobb for labour, 13 July 1803 Order from Cobb and Richards on Ephraim Richard to advance John Fabrique up to $1,000.00 on the account of Cobb and Richards, 16 July 1803 Letter from C[harles] W. Hare (Philadelphia) to David Cobb requesting information on the attachment and appraisal of William Bingham's Maine lands, 25 July 1803 Letter from Donald Ross (Union River, Me.) to David Cobb informing him that Ross has been removed from his position as postmaster [of Union River], 1 Aug. 1803 Letter from Ebenezer Hunt (Northampton) to David Cobb about the death of Mrs. Hunt, 15 Aug. 1803 Letter from [David Cobb] (Gouldsboro, Me.) to Charles W. Hare about land of William Bingham seized to settle suits brought by Henry Jackson and the Cabot family, 21 Aug. 1803 Letter from William Bingham (Tunbridge Wells, England) to David Cobb about the development of Bingham's Kennebec lands, 28 Aug. 1803 |
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 | Law and Order Land Transaction and Property Banking and Finance Labour and Employment Death |
Places | Augusta; Maine; Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Union River; Northampton; Gouldsboro; Massachusetts; |
People | Cobb, David (1748-1830) Bingham, William (1752-1804) Hare, Charles W. (fl. 1802-1807) Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) Cony, Daniel (1752-1842) |
Themes | Law & Order; Land & Property |
Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
Copyright | Massachusetts Historical Society |