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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Letters to David Cobb from family and friend, and certificate |
| Archival Reference | Ms. N-1000 |
| Sub-collection | David Cobb Papers |
| Author | Wilde, Samuel S. Cobb, David |
| Date | 6 Apr 1826-5 Sep 1828 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Certificates and commissions |
| Contents |
Includes: Letter from Samuel S. Wilde (Boston) to David Cobb about family and personal matters, 6 Apr. 1826 Certificate entitling David Cobb to the pay of a captain of artillery to settle his Revolutionary War claim, 17 July 1828 [printed form]. Signed by Richard Rush. Letter from Thomas Cobb (Castine, Me.) to his father David Cobb about the decay of David Cobb's Gouldsboro home, 5 Sep. 1828 |
| 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 | Pay and Wages Military History Law and Order Children and Family Land Transaction and Property |
| Places | Boston; Castine; Maine; Massachusetts |
| People | Cobb, David (1748-1830) Wilde, Samuel S. (fl. 1795-1824) Cobb, Thomas (1772-1849) |
| Themes | Children & Family; Land & Property; Warfare & Military History |
| Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Copyright | Massachusetts Historical Society |