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  Oliver Wolcott, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born in Litchfield, Connecticut, son of Oliver Wolcott, he graduated from Yale University in 1778, later studying law at Litchfield Law School and being admitted to the bar in 1781.
Wolcott was appointed in 1784 as one of the commissioners to mediate claims between the U.S. and the state of Connecticut.
Wolcott died in New York City and is interred at East Cemetery in Litchfield.
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 Governor Oliver Wolcott, Sr.
Oliver Wolcott, American patriot and soldier of the Revolutionary War, was born in 1726 in Windsor, CT. He was the youngest son of Roger Wolcott, who was colonial governor of Connecticut in 1751-54.
Wolcott was chosen as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1775-78 and 1780-84 but was absent much of the time on military duty as major general in charge of Connecticut's militia.
Wolcott led 14 Connecticut regiments to the defense of New York in 1776.
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In 1810-1811 Wolcott was elected to the main board of directors of the Bank of the United States, and after the charter lapsed (March 4, 1811) he played a prominent role in the launching of the Bank of America, serving as its president from 1812-1814.
Letters to Oliver Wolcott, Jr.; Report of the Commissioners superintending the construction of a Steam Vessel of War to the Secretary of the Navy.
Letters to Oliver Wolcott, Jr.; Order of the Governor in Council, of the 7th July 1796, for the Regulation of Commerce, between this Province [Quebec] and the United States of America.
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 Oliver Wolcott Jr.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Wolcott was appointed in 1784 as one of the commissioners to mediate claims between the U.S. and the state of Connecticut.After serving as state comptroller of Connecticut from 1788-90, he was named auditor of the federal treasury, and becamecomptroller of the Treasury in 1791.
He was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by GeorgeWashington in 1795 to succeed Alexander Hamilton, butresigned in 1800 due to unpopularity, and a particularly vitriolic campaign against him in the press in which, among otherthings, he was falsely accused of setting fire to the State Department building.
Wolcott died in New York City and is interred at East Cemetery inLitchfield.
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Oliver Wolcott was born in Windsor, Connecticut, on November 20, 1726, the youngest son of Roger Wolcott (1679-1767) and Sarah (Drake) Wolcott (1684?-1748).
Wolcott was a representative of the town in the General Assembly, and in 1774 he was chosen an Assistant or Councillor, a position to which he was annually elected until 1786.
Oliver Wolcott died December 1, 1797, and is buried in Litchfield, Connecticut.
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 Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials
Wolcott was elected to the Connecticut legislature in 1764, and in 1775, to the Second Continental Congress.
Wolcott placed the remaining pieces of the statue into a wagon and shipped it to his home in Litchfield, where it was melted down and made into bullets for the Revolutionary Army.
His son, Oliver Wolcott, Jr., was the nation’s Secretary of the Treasury, from 1795 to 1800.
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 CHS: Library: Manuscript Collections
Yale educated lawyer, Oliver Wolcott, served in the American revolution, acepting an appointment in the quartermaster's department and supervised the safekeeping and conveyance of army stores and ordnance at Litchfield.
Wolcott was auditor of the federal Treasury, Treasury Secretary, and later was prominent in launching the Bank of America, serving as its president from 1812 until 1814.
Oliver Wolcott studied medicine with his brother, Dr. Alexander Wolcott, but before he was established in practice he moved to Litchfield, where his father owned property, and became Litchfield's first sheriff (1751-1771).
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 U.S. Treasury - Biography of Secretary Oliver Wolcott Jr.
Oliver Wolcott was appointed by President George Washington to be the 2nd
Wolcott, a third generation scion of an American family prominent in Connecticut and national affairs during the colonial and early national periods, had attracted attention as a specialist in public finance for his work in settling the financial dispute between Connecticut and the Federal Government in 1784.
Returning to political life in 1812, Wolcott organized a party coalition of liberal Federalists and Democratic-Republicans in Connecticut in 1816 as the "Toleration Party," and was elected Governor of the State for several terms from 1817-1827.
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 MHS | Wolcott Family Papers II, 1754-1932 : Guide to the Collection
Roger Wolcott letters from abroad include a few loose letters to his parents and a letterbook containing copies of his letters to Harriet Wolcott while he and his new bride Edith Prescott Wolcott were travelling abroad, 1874-1876.
Governor Roger Wolcott papers contain correspondence, invitations to, and responses to invitations from Wolcott while he was Lt. Governor and Governor of Massachusetts and Chief Marshall for the Commencement at Harvard University in 1895.
H.F. and J.H. Wolcott Funds at Harvard University, funds donated by Roger Wolcott in the names of the late Huntington F. and Joshua Huntington Wolcott, the former to be used by the trustees of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and the latter for the purchase of books for the University Library.
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 Connecticut's Heritage Gateway
Son and grandson of Connecticut governors, Wolcott was graduated from Yale in 1778, after which he studied law under Tapping Reeve (1744-1823).
In 1803, with Hamilton's aid, he moved to New York where, with four leading New York merchants, Oliver Wolcott and Company was founded.
Although it was dissolved after a year, Wolcott continued in business, concentrating his efforts in the China trade, until 1815 when he returned to Litchfield.
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 LITCHFIELD, CONNECTICUT
With Col. Tallmadge and Oliver Wolcott, Jr., Deming organized the Litchfield China Trading Co. One of their ships, the "Trident." made voyages to China for 14 years.
The *Older Oliver Wolcott House (17) the oldest in the borough, dates from 1753.
Oliver, after serving in the French war, where he reached the rank of major general, studied medicine under his brother Alexander, and began practice in Goshen.
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 New England 9 Federal Litchfield   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
was the son of Roger Wolcott, governor of Connecticut from 1750-1754.
Behind the house the Wolcotts and their friends melted down the statue of King George III, which had stood in New York City's Bowling Green, to make bullets for the Revolutionary cause.
In the rear is the Oliver Wolcott Library.
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 Connecticut's Heritage Gateway
Attempts to demonstrate that, though opposing and working against Adams' reelection in 1800, Wolcott operated in the open and maintained mutually respectful relations with Adams.
"Oliver Wolcott: His Political Role and Thought be­tween 1789 and 1800." Doctoral dissertation, St. John's University, 1969.
A sound, scholarly study which shows that Wolcott tried to work with John Adams but became disgusted with the President by 1800.
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 Secretary of the Treasury - Oliver Wolcott, Jr.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In 1800 Wolcott was appointed by President Washington to be
Wolcott resigned in 1800 under a storm of criticism from Jeffersonians in Congress.
His portrait of Oliver Wolcott, painted in 1880, nearly fifty years after Wolcott's death, was copied from an 1806 life portrait by John Trumbull.
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 Biography of John Adams   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In 1770, two years later, with that degree of moral courage which was one of his distinguishing characteristics, he, aided by Josiah Quincy, Jr., defended the British soldiers who were arrested after the "Boston Massacre," charged with causing the death of four persons, inhabitants of the colony.
The trial resulted in an acquittal of the officer who commanded the detachment, and most of the soldiers; but two soldiers were found guilty of manslaughter.
Secretary of the Treasury - Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
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 Oliver Wolcott
Oliver Wolcott was the youngest of fourteen children of then Royal Governor Roger Wolcott.
Oliver attended Yale, a distiguished student, graduating in 1747.
Wolcott was much revered in his native state.
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 Memoirs of the Administrations of Washington and John Adams, Edited from the Papers of Oliver Wolcott, Secretary of the ...
Speeches to the General Assembly by Oliver Wolcott, Jr.; An Act to protect the citizens of Connecticut in their right to navigate boats or vesels moved by Fire or Steam; Copy of the Governor's Message containing his reasons for not approving the Act.
Notes on the Wolcott family history; autobiographical narrative by Oliver Wolcott, Jr.; extract from a book in the possession of Erastus Wolcott; Wolcott family tree; letters to and from Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
Letters to and from Oliver Wolcott, Jr.; Articles of Agreement between Oliver Wolcott of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut and James Watson, Moses Rogers, Archibald Gracie, and William W. Woolsey of the City of New York.
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 Antique Stocks and Bonds - Colonial Documents and Letters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Oliver Ellsworth, who signed as a "Pay-Table" committee member of Connecticut authorized the Treasurer of Connecticut, John Lawrence, to pay Capt. Pettebone £300 for his service in the American army.
Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807) American jurist and statesman; born, Windsor, Connecticut; to Hartford (1775); superior court judge (1785-89).
Staining and soiling; otherwise Wolcott signature is clearly legible.
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 Oliver Wolcott   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He was born in Litchfield, CT on 11 January 1760, the second child of Governor Oliver Wolcott and Laura Collins Wolcott.
On 1 June 1785 Oliver Wolcott married Elizabeth Stoddard.
Appointed first Auditor of the U.S. Treasury for the period 1789 -1791 and promoted to Comptroller of the Treasury in the spring of 1791, he succeeded Alexander Hamilton as Secretary of the Treasury on 3 February 1795, an office he held until 31 December 1800.
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 Oliver Wolcott, Jr.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Llevado en Litchfield, Connecticut, hijo de Oliver Wolcott, él graduó la universidad de Yale en 1778, una ley que estudiaba más última en el colegio de abogados de Litchfield y que era admitida a la barra en 1781.
Wolcott fue designado en 1784 como una de las comisiones para mediar demandas entre los los ESTADOS UNIDOS y el estado de Connecticut.
Wolcott muerto en New York City y es interred en el cementerio del este en Litchfield.
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OLIVER WOLCOTT JR (1760-1833) U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1795-1800), succeeding Alexander Hamilton.
OLIVER WOLCOTT JR LS, "Oliv Wolcott", as Sec of Treasury, 1p, Sept 8, 1797, 4to, to Nathaniel Appleton, Commi...
OLIVER ELLSWORTH (1745-1807) Architect of U.S. Constitution, generally given credit for naming "The United States." Manu...
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 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Witherspoon to Woleske
Son of Elijah Wilbur Wolcott and Ellen (Kent) Wolcott; married 1918 to Jessie E. Lord.
Wolcott, Jesse Paine (1893-1969) — also known as Jesse P. Wolcott — of Port Huron, St.
Matthew Griswold (1714-1799); son of Oliver Wolcott, Sr.
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 Wolcott - Wolcott Connecticut - Town of Wolcott Connecticut Web site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Oliver Wolcott was appointed by President George Washington to be the 2nd Wolcott was retained in office by President John Adams and Served from March
Oliver Wolcott Technical High School in Torrington Connecticut.
Wolcott Local News: Topix.net - !http://www.topix.net/city/wolcott-vt Local, regional, and statewide news collected from diverse sources on the web.
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 The Olde Merchants NYC 1863
He was the son of the first Oliver Wolcott who was Governor of Connecticut in the Revolutionary times.
Young Oliver, when Washington became President, took a position as "Comptrollor of the Navy," of which Alexander Hamilton was Secretary.
It at once ceased to be a bank of issue, and has an arrangement with the Bank of the State of New York for such bank notes as the former requires to carry on its business.
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 OLIVER WOLCOTT JR. Autograph
In full: "The Senate having approved of your Appointment to the Office of Collector for the district of Alexandria, a new Commission from the President of the United States for executing the duties thereof is herewith enclosed.
Wolcott Jr., son and namesake of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, an a former attorney and militiaman was named to the Pay-Table in 1982, overseeing Connecticut's war expenditures.
He served in a series of financial offices for that state until was appointed auditor of the U.S. Treasury (1789-1791), then Comptroller of that Department (1791-1795).
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 OLIVER WOLCOTT JR. Autograph
In full: "I have received your letter of Feby 5th with an Abstract of Licences issued to coasting and fishing vessels at your Office in January 1794." Wolcott was Auditor of the U.S. Treasury (1789-1791) and Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury (1791-1795).
On February 2, 1795, he succeeded Alexander Hamilton as President Washington's Secretary of the Treasury, a position he held until November 8, 1800, when he resigned during the Adams presidency.
Wolcott later served as the first President of the Bank of North America (1812-1814) and Governor of Connecticut (1817-1827).
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 HUNTINGTON, Samuel (1731-1796) Guide to Research Papers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A letter from Samuel Huntington to Oliver Wolcott, Jr., written on July 2, 1787.
The deed is for a tract of land in Windham, Connecticut in consideration of 12 pounds 4 shillings.
In the letter, Richard Henry Lee asks Samuel Huntington’s aid in recovering the Connecticut property of Charles McEvers of New York, confiscated because he was believed to have been a British sympathizer.
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 The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut - Epilogue
Wolcott held several judicial posts and in 1775 was named a Native American commissioner to obtain the neutrality of the Iroquois in the conflict with Great Britain.
He was a general in the Saratoga campaign and a prominent figure in Connecticut politics as a delegate to the Continental Congress (1775-78, 1780-84), lieutenant governor (1786-96), and governor (1796-97)
After graduating from Yale College (now Yale University) in 1747, York, raised a company of volunteers and served on the northwestern frontier in the French and Indian War.
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 Historical Publications from the FJC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
"Oliver Wolcott Jr.: Conspirator or Public Servant?" Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin 46 (July 1981): 78-85.
Memoirs of the Administrations of Washington and John Adams, Edited from the Papers of Oliver Wolcott, Secretary of the Treasury.
"Oliver Wolcott: His Political Role and Thought Between 1789 and 1800." Ph.D. diss., St. John`s University, 1969.
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