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Field name | Value |
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Title | Letters regarding William Bingham's estates, and accounts |
Archival Reference | Ms. N-1000 |
Sub-collection | David Cobb Papers |
Author | Cobb, Thomas Cobb, David |
Date | 19 Sep-24 Nov 1804 |
Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
Contents |
Includes: Letter from Thomas Cobb (Castine, Me.) to his father David Cobb enclosing a form for blank deeds desired by John Black, 19 Sep. 1804 Letter from C[harles] W. Hare (Philadelphia) to David Cobb requesting information for the settlement of William Bingham's estate, with copy of same, 20 Sep. 1804. Enclosed with copy of letter from Hare to Cobb, 8 July 1804. Letter from David Cobb (Gouldsboro, Me.) to Charles W. Hare about debts owed by Henry Knox to the estate of William Bingham, 20 Oct. 1804 Receipted bill from William Brown and Son to David Cobb for a tub of butter, 24 Nov. 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 | Banking and Finance Law and Order Food and Nutrition |
Places | Castine; Maine; Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Gouldsboro; Massachusetts |
People | Cobb, David (1748-1830) Bingham, William (1752-1804) Cobb, Thomas (1772-1849) Hare, Charles W. (fl. 1802-1807) |
Themes | Land & Property; Law & Order |
Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
Copyright | Massachusetts Historical Society |