OLIVER WOLCOTT JR. - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 83845
Price: $220.00
OLIVER WOLCOTT, JR.
He pens a sentiment on this page, signing with “your obedient servant”
Autograph Sentiment Signed "I am, very respectfully,/Sir, your obedient Servant/Oliv. Wolcott".
1 page, 5x2¼. Closing and signature from an autograph letter. Wolcott (1760-1833, born in
Litchfield, Connecticut), son and namesake of a signer of the Declaration of Independence,
and a former attorney and militiaman, was named to the Pay-Table in 1782, overseeing
Connecticut's war expenditures. In May 1784, he was commissioned to adjust the claims of
the state against the U.S. government, then named Comptroller of public accounts in 1788.
He was auditor of the U.S. Treasury (1789-1791), then Comptroller of that Department
(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 from the Adams administration. Wolcott later served as the first President of
the Bank of North America (1812-1814) and Governor of Connecticut (1817-1827).
Lightly toned. Light discoloration at right edge. Irregular top and left edges. Random ink
stains. Otherwise, fine condition.
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