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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Correspondence between David Cobb and others, regarding forestry and logging, and store accounts |
| Archival Reference | Ms. N-1000 |
| Sub-collection | David Cobb Papers |
| Author | Alley, James Hare, Charles W. Cobb, David Townsley, Jacob |
| Date | 31 Oct-31 Dec 1805 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Contents |
Includes: Receipt from Jacob Townsley (Gouldsboro, Me.) to David Cobb for $50.00 on account, 31 Oct. 1805 Account of Jacob Townsley with David Cobb for superintending logging operations, 2 Nov. 1805 Letter from James Alley (Mount Desert, Me.) to David Cobb requesting permission to cut lumber on land under his supervision, 9 Dec. 1805 Letter from C[harles] W. Hare (Philadelphia) to David Cobb about his plan to use fines against the estate of William Bingham for improvements to Bingham's Maine lands, 13 Dec. 1805 Letter from David Cobb (Boston) to Charles W. Hare about an effort to have the Massachusetts legislature remit fines against the estate of William Bingham, 22 Dec. 1805 Store account of David Cobb for 1805, 31 Dec. 1805. Signed by John Black. |
| 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 | Commerce and Trade Forestry and Logging Law and Order |
| Places | Gouldsboro; Maine; Mount Desert; Massachusetts; Philadelphia; Pennsylvania |
| People | Cobb, David (1748-1830) Bingham, William (1752-1804) Hare, Charles W. (fl. 1802-1807) |
| Themes | Land & Property; Law & Order |
| Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Copyright | Massachusetts Historical Society |