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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | David Cobb correspondence regarding business, legal and family matters, and invoice and writ of appeal |
| Archival Reference | Ms. N-1000 |
| Sub-collection | David Cobb Papers |
| Author | Cobb, David Hare, Charles W. Jones, Stephen |
| Date | Feb-28 Sep 1810 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Legal document |
| Contents |
Includes: Writ of appeal of Peters and Pond against the decision in Peters and Pond vs. Cobb and Richards, Feb. 1810 [copy] Letter from Samuel S. Wilde (Hallowell, Me.) to David Cobb about the political situation, 26 Apr. 1810 Letter from David Cobb (Boston) to Charles W. Hare acknowledging receipt of money, 24 June 1810 Letter from Stephen Jones (Boston) to David Cobb concerning business and giving Cobb news of his son Henry, 17 Aug. 1810 Letter from David Cobb (Gouldsboro, Me.) to Charles W. Hare about the management of Maine lands belonging to the estate of William Bingham and road building, 22 Aug. 1810 Letter from French and Everett (Boston) to [David Cobb] enclosing an invoice, 20 Sep. 1810 Letter from C[harles] W. Hare (Philadelphia) to David Cobb about a plan to raise Merino sheep on Maine lands belonging to the estate of William Bingham, 25 Sep. 1810 Invoice from French and Everett (Boston) of items forwarded to David Cobb, 28 Sep. 1810 |
| 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 | Agriculture Commerce and Trade Children and Family Government and Politics Construction and Building Law and Order |
| Places | Hallowell; Maine; Massachusetts; Boston; Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Gouldsboro |
| People | Cobb, David (1748-1830) Bingham, William (1752-1804) Hare, Charles W. (fl. 1802-1807) Cobb, Henry (1784-1848) |
| Themes | Agriculture & Livestock; Land & Property; Law & Order |
| Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Copyright | Massachusetts Historical Society |