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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Correspondence between David Cobb and others, and bills and orders |
| Archival Reference | Ms. N-1000 |
| Sub-collection | David Cobb Papers |
| Author | Cony, Daniel Trumbull, Henry Cobb, David Jackson, Henry |
| Date | 14 May-29 Aug 1804 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Contents |
Includes: Certificate of the election of David Cobb as a state senator for the district of Maine, 14 May 1804. Signed by Governor Caleb Strong. Letter from Daniel Cony (Augusta, Me.) to David Cobb about Cony's accounts and the future of the land agency after the death of William Bingham, 24 May 1804 Letter from Henry Trumbull (Dedham) to David Cobb about the suitability of Taunton as the site of a printing office, June 1804 Letter from C[harles] W. Hare (Philadelphia) to David Cobb informing him that a complete inventory and valuation of William Bingham's Maine lands is necessary so that it can be divided among his heirs, 8 July 1804 Letter from Samuel S. Wilde (Boston) to David Cobb about personal and family matters, 27 July 1804 Order from David Cobb (Gouldsboro, Me.) on Thomas Fernald to pay Noah Hall $4.00 and credit it against Hall's account, 4 Aug. 1804 Letter from Henry Jackson (Boston) to David Cobb ordering a cargo of lumber, 7 Aug. 1804 Receipted bill from James Godfrey (Gouldsboro, Me.) to David Cobb for bread, 19 Aug. 1804 Letter to David Cobb requesting that he distribute pamphlets to several individuals in Castine, Belfast, and Bangor, Me., 27 Aug. 1804 Letter from Joseph Patten (Columbia, Me.) to David Cobb about the survey of land under Cobb's supervision, 29 Aug. 1804 |
| 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 | Food and Nutrition Commerce and Trade Children and Family Forestry and Logging Law and Order Land Transaction and Property Inheritance Banking and Finance |
| Places | Augusta; Dedham; Boston; Maine; Massachusetts; Gouldsboro |
| People | Cobb, David (1748-1830) Bingham, William (1752-1804) Cobb, Thomas (1772-1849) Hare, Charles W. (fl. 1802-1807) Cony, Daniel (1752-1842) |
| Themes | Business, Trade & Commerce; Land & Property |
| Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Copyright | Massachusetts Historical Society |