Oliver Wolcott Sr. letters and documents

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{"value"=>"Oliver Wolcott Sr. (1726-1797) was lieutenant governor of Connecticut, 1786-1796, and governor, 1796-1797. He was major general of the Connecticut militia during the Revolutionary War and served in the Continental Congress. Oliver Wolcott Sr. letters and documents, 1753-1797, contain an autograph letter signed to postmaster Ezekiel Williams, 1797 March 24; a personal autograph letter signed to \"Sir,\" 1795 June 26 at New Haven, mentioning steps taken at a meeting of the Corporation of Yale College; and a signed letter addressed to Governor Trumbull (Jonathan Trumbull, 1740-1809), 1797 October 10, regarding his inability to attend the present legislative session. Also included are six endorsements clipped from legal documents signed as Sheriff of Litchfield County, 1753-1761, and an engraved portrait of Robert Boyle with Wolcott's book ownership signature on verso."}

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{"value"=>"Wolcott, Oliver, 1726-1797", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"cre"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899, as part of the Ford Collection.</p>"}

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1753

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1753

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1797

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1753

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1797

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{"value"=>"Oliver Wolcott Sr. letters and documents, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

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