The full content of this document is only available to subscribing institutions. More information can be found via www.amdigital.co.uk

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