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Field name | Value |
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Title | Business and personal correspondence, and receipted bills to David Cobb |
Archival Reference | Ms. N-1000 |
Sub-collection | David Cobb Papers |
Author | Richards, John Jackson, Henry |
Date | 12 Oct-27 Dec 1807 |
Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document; Non-governmental organization document |
Contents |
Includes: Bill from Richards and Jones (Boston) to David Cobb for soap and other items, 12 Oct. 1807 Petition from William Abbot, Daniel Johnston, Oliver Mann, and Job Nelson (Castine, Me.) to the inhabitants of Gouldsboro listing reasons why the courts should not be removed to Buckstown, Me., 23 Oct. 1807 Receipted bill from James Peters to David Cobb for surveying on Mount Desert Island, Nov. 1807 Receipted bill from Nicholas Thomas (Eden, Me.) to David Cobb for board, 4 Nov. 1807 Settled account of Tobias Allen with David Cobb, 14 Nov. 1807 Letter from John Richards (Boston) to David Cobb about business matters and foreign affairs, 14 Nov. 1807 Receipted bill from Richards and Jones (Boston) to David Cobb for supplies, 14 Nov. 1807 Receipted bill from William Weston (Boston) to David Cobb for bread and cotton, 14 Nov. 1807 Receipt from Eben Floyd (Hancock, Me.) to David Cobb for payment of taxes on behalf of David Springer, 18 Nov. 1807 Order from [George Washington] Cobb (Portland, Me.) on Richards and Jones to pay $250.00 to Lemuel Weeks and Son, 20 Nov. 1807 Receipt from Thomas Dennie (Boston) to David Cobb for the payment of $40.00 by the hand of Richards and Jones, 4 Dec. 1807. Signed by John James. Letter from Henry Jackson [Boston] to David Cobb inviting him to spend the winter in Boston, 24 Dec. 1807 Letter from John Richards (Boston) to David Cobb about personal, business, and political matters, 27 Dec. 1807 |
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 | Government and Politics Commerce and Trade Taxation Surveying Settlers and Settlement Law and Order Stores and Supplies Food and Nutrition |
Places | Boston; Hancock; Maine; Massachusetts; Castine; Eden |
People | Cobb, David (1748-1830) Bingham, William (1752-1804) Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) |
Themes | Business, Trade & Commerce; Law & Order |
Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
Copyright | Massachusetts Historical Society |