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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | David Cobb correspondence and accounts |
| Archival Reference | Ms. N-1000 |
| Sub-collection | David Cobb Papers |
| Author | Cobb, Thomas Bingham, William Cobb, David |
| Date | 24 Sep-31 Dec 1803 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Contents |
Includes: Letter from Thomas Cobb (Castine, Me.) to his father David Cobb informing him that Thomas Cobb has been appointed clerk of the district Court of Common Pleas, 24 Sep. 1803 Receipt from D. Churchill (Boston) for rye and corn, 4 Oct. 1803 Letter from Thomas Cobb (Castine, Me.) to David Cobb enclosing repayment of money borrowed for the use of the county, 7 Oct. 1803 Letter from Donald Ross (Surry, Me.) to David Cobb informing him that Ross is about to leave for Boston, 12 Oct. 1803 Letter from William Bingham (London) to David Cobb about operations on Bingham's Maine lands during his absence, the judgment in Israel Thorndike's suit, and a dispute with Henry Jackson, 15 Oct. 1803 Receipt from Edward Berry (Trenton, Me.) to Jacob Foster for payment of David Cobb's taxes, 2 Nov. 1803 Account of [David Cobb] of cash credit extended to Mount Desert Island settlers John Harding, David Leland, Stephen Salisbury, John Thomas, and Nicholas Thomas, [19 Nov. 1803] Store account of David Cobb for sundries for 1803, [26 Dec.] 1803 Letter from David Cobb (Hallowell, Me.) to John Black informing him that Cobb has fallen from his horse and is delayed, 30 Dec. 1803 Accounts current of [David Cobb] with sundry departments of William Bingham's Maine land concern, [31 Dec. 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 | Commissions and Appointments Food and Nutrition Taxation Health and Medical Travel and Transportation Law and Order Banking and Finance Government and Politics |
| Places | Castine; Maine; Surry; Massachusetts; Hallowell; Trenton |
| People | Cobb, David (1748-1830) Bingham, William (1752-1804) Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) Cobb, Thomas (1772-1849) |
| Themes | Law & Order; Government & Politics |
| Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Copyright | Massachusetts Historical Society |