- Creator
- Wolcott, Oliver, 1760-1833
- Call number
- MssCol 4684
- Physical description
- .1 linear feet (1 folder)
- Language
- English
- Preferred Citation
- Oliver Wolcott Jr. letters and documents, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1760-1833) was United States Secretary of the Treasury, 1795-1800; United States Circuit Court judge for the Second Circuit, 1801-1802; and governor of Connecticut, 1817-1827. Oliver Wolcott Jr. letters and documents, 1799-1826, contain three letters written or signed by him regarding government business to Governor Jedediah Huntington of Connecticut, 1799; to Governor Isaac H. Williamson of New Jersey, 1818; and to Lieutenant Colonel George Bomford, 1823; and a signed printed circular letter to the Governor of Ohio (Jeremiah Morrow), 1825, regarding state resolutions to emancipate the slaves. A personal letter to James W. Henry at Baltimore, 1807, introduces Virgil Maxcy; and a letter to Wolcott's wife Betsy with a torn date [December 1800] tells of the close electoral vote count for Burr and Jefferson in the presidential election. Also included are signed certificates for civil and military appointments, 1817-1826; an order to his bank for Archibald Gracie, 1806; and a clipped signature.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Donated by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899, as part of the Ford Collection; various purchases, 1920, 1938.
Key terms
Names
- Huntington, Jedediah, 1743-1818 (Correspondent)
- Maxcy, Virgil, 1785-1844
- Morrow, Jeremiah, 1771-1852 (Correspondent)
- Williamson, Isaac H. (Isaac Halsted), 1767-1844 (Correspondent)
- Wolcott, Elizabeth Stoughton, 1767-1805 (Correspondent)
- Wolcott, Oliver, 1760-1833 (Creator)
- Wolcott, Oliver, 1760-1833 -- Correspondence
- Ford collection
Subjects
Places
- Connecticut -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865
Occupations
Material types
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328