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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