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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Correspondence between David Cobb and others, relating to business, politics, and trade |
| Archival Reference | Ms. N-1000 |
| Sub-collection | David Cobb Papers |
| Author | Richards, John Odin, George Henderson, William Wilde, Samuel S. |
| Date | 1 Aug-27 Sep 1819 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Contents |
Includes: Letter from John Richards (Boston) to David Cobb about business matters and the separation of Maine from Massachusetts, 1 Aug. 1819 Letter from John Hare Powel (Hallowell, Me.) to David Cobb about business matters, 7 Aug. [1819] Letter from William Henderson (Gouldsboro, Me.) to Samuel Davis about cooper's tools and payment for them to David Cobb, 17 Aug. 1819 Letter from George Odin (Boston) to David Cobb enclosing a bill for hardware, 17 Aug. 1819 Letter from Peters and Pond (Boston) to David Cobb enclosing a bill for supplies and spirits shipped to him, 21 Aug. 1819 Letter from Thomas Cobb (Bangor, Me.) to his father David Cobb about personal matters, statehood for Maine, and road building, 3 Sep. 1819 Letter from S[amuel] S. Wilde (Castine, Me.) to David Cobb about Wilde's plan to move to Boston, 18 Sep. 1819 Letter from Hannah Blake (Mount Vernon, Me.) to David Cobb about Cobb's business dealings with Dudley Blake, 27 Sep. 1819. Enclosed with Cobb's reply. |
| 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 Stores and Supplies Alcohol Migration Government and Politics Construction and Building |
| Places | Boston; Bangor; Maine; Massachusetts; Castine; Mount Vernon; Gouldsboro |
| People | Cobb, David (1748-1830) Cobb, Thomas (1772-1849) Wilde, Samuel S. (fl. 1795-1824) |
| Themes | Business, Trade & Commerce; Government & Politics |
| Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Copyright | Massachusetts Historical Society |