Found 4 collections related to Public officials.

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. less

Elias Boudinot (1740-1821) was an American lawyer and statesman. Born in Philadelphia, he resided in New Jersey for most of his life. During the Revolution Boudinot served in the New Jersey Provincial Congress, was Commissary General of Prisoners from 1777 to 1778, and was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1778 and from 1781 to 1783, holding a one-year term as its president, 1782 to 1783. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1789 to 1795, and as Director of the U.S. Mint from 1795 to 1805. A devout Presbyterian, Boudinot was a trustee of Princeton University and first president of the American Bible Society. Elias Boudinot's account books (2 volumes) comprise a ledger, 1760-1814, and a waste book, 1818-1821. Together they document his finances and activities from the year he began his legal practice in Elizabeth, New Jersey, to the end of his life in retirement at Burlington. The ledger, with an index and some loose documents, contains accounts concerning his legal practice in New Jersey courts from 1760 to roughly 1775; his tenure as Commissary General of Prisoners during the Revolution (see folios 68-72); his real estate holdings and investments in land and in the U.S. government; notes and bonds; and his role as executor or administrator for family members and friends. There are extensive entries for his daughter Susan Boudinot Bradford, for the estate of Reverend James Caldwell (d. 1781) and the care of his orphaned children, and for managing the American interests of Captain James Drummond, later Lord Perth. The waste book is a journal of debits and credits, with memoranda, for his business affairs and personal expenses; there are a few entries by others after his death. less

Elias Boudinot (1740-1821) was an American lawyer and statesman. Born in Philadelphia, he resided in New Jersey for most of his life. During the Revolution Boudinot served in the New Jersey Provincial Congress, was Commissary General of Prisoners from 1777 to 1778, and was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1778 and from 1781 to 1783, holding a one-year term as its president, 1782 to 1783. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1789 to 1795, and as Director of the U.S. Mint from 1795 to 1805. A devout Presbyterian, Boudinot was a trustee of Princeton University and first president of the American Bible Society. The collection consists of letters written by Elias Boudinot, 1778-1786 and 1801-1820, as well as three letters received, 1777-1798; his undated draft proposal to prevent further depreciation of Continental currency; and a clipped signature. Letters to numerous correspondents concern government, business and personal matters, many written during the Revolution. They include his retained copies or drafts, among them two letters to General George Washington, dated June 28-July 6, 1778 and August 16, 1779 [i.e., August 16, 1778]. A letter received from James Drummond of Stobhall, Lord Perth, 1798, inquires about his New Jersey land holdings; a thank-you letter from Boudinot to Thomas Sully, 1818, is endorsed by the painter. The collection also includes a letter from James Buck to an unidentified recipient regarding legal matters involving Boudinot, 1787, and a letter from Mrs. R. Boudinot (Rachel Bradford Boudinot, wife of Elisha Boudinot) to William Sullivan of Boston, 1801. less

Economist, public administrator, educator, and author Robert Clifton Weaver (1907-1997) was the secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development from 1966 to 1968, and the first African American to be appointed to a United States Cabinet position. The collection consists of four audio recordings and one video relating to the careers of Weaver and his wife, Ella Haith Weaver, dating from circa 1949-1968 and 2000. less