David Cobb papers, 1708-1833 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Papers of David Cobb primarily document his position as agent for William Bingham with respect to the latter's land interest in Maine. The papers relate to the settlement of and emigration to Maine, legal disputes, logging and the lumber trade, roads, lotteries, the development of Gouldsboro, Me. as a commercial port, the Kennebec River area, and Cobb's supervision of the lands even after Bingham's death. Also included are papers related to Cobb's business partnership with John Richards in the firm of Cobb and Richards, his career as a Mass. politician from the district of Maine and U.S. representative from Massachusetts, and as a judge in Maine