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Regarding William Bingham's estate and public lands : Correspondence; Business and financial document 1806/02/04-1806/04/08.

Author:
Cobb, David
Published:
Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2017.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Additional Creators:
Hare, Charles W, Willing, Thomas M, and Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
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Summary:
Description: Includes: Notice by [David Cobb] that Benjamin R. Jones has been appointed agent for lumbering operations in Township No. 9, 1806 Receipted bill from Samuel Etheridge to David Cobb for one set of "Orton's Exposition," 1806 [damaged] Letter from Joseph Huckins (Parsonsfield, Me.) to Joseph Leland about the need for a coroner in Parsonsfield, referred to David Cobb for action, 4 Feb. 1806 Letter from [David Cobb] (Boston) to Charles W. Hare about the settlement of duties on lands belonging to William Bingham's estate; the activities of William King, Jonathan Mason, and Harrison Gray Otis; and business matters, 2 Mar. 1806 Letter from C[harles] W. Hare (Philadelphia) to David Cobb about an effort to sell the Kennebec lands belonging to the estate of William Bingham, 8 Mar. 1806 Letter from [David Cobb] (Boston) to Charles W. Hare informing him that the Massachusetts Senate has killed an investigation of the purchase of public lands in the district of Maine, 16 Mar. 1806 Letter from Thomas M. Willing and C[harles] W. Hare (Philadelphia) to Cobb and Richards enclosing instructions for the management of the Maine lands belonging to William Bingham's estate and information about Henry Knox's debts, 8 Apr. 1806.
Note:
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.
AMDigital Reference: Ms. N-1000.
Original Version:
Reproduction of: Regarding William Bingham's estate and public lands 4 Feb-8 Apr 1806.
Location of Originals:
Massachusetts Historical Society
Copyright Note:
Massachusetts Historical Society
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