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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Correspondence between David Cobb and others, regarding health, politics, and business |
| Archival Reference | Ms. N-1000 |
| Sub-collection | David Cobb Papers |
| Author | Cobb, David Jackson, Henry Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Date | 1-16 Apr 1801 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Contents |
Includes: Bill from John Richards to David Cobb for various supplies purchased and cash payments made for Cobb, Apr. 1801 Letter from David Cobb (Gouldsboro, Me.) to William Bingham concerning the lumber trade and shipping and quoting an extract of a 14 Mar. 1801 letter from Daniel Cony to Cobb about John Merrick, 7 Apr. 1801 Letter from William Bingham (Philadelphia) to David Cobb informing him that Bingham's wife is ill and that Bingham plans to take her to Madeira so that she might recover her health, 9 Apr. 1801 Letter from W[illiam] Eustis (Boston) to David Cobb about personal matters and politics, 10 Apr. 1801 Letter from John Lee (Castine, Me.) to David Cobb about postage on a package, 11 Apr. 1801 Letter from Henry Jackson (Boston) to David Cobb informing him that his son Henry Cobb is well, 15 Apr. 1801 Letter from Henry Knox (Boston) to David Cobb making arrangements for a meeting, 16 Apr. 1801 |
| 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 | Stores and Supplies Forestry and Logging Health and Medical Travel and Transportation Government and Politics Communications Commerce and Trade |
| Places | Gouldsboro; Maine; Boston; Massachusetts; Castine; |
| People | Cobb, David (1748-1830) Bingham, William (1752-1804) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) Cobb, Henry (1784-1848) |
| Themes | Children & Family; Health & Medicine |
| Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Copyright | Massachusetts Historical Society |