Wolcott, Oliver, 1726-1797
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Pierce family correspondence
1978-39-8
Collection
Identifier: 1978-39-8
Scope and Contents
The Pierce Family Correspondence consists primarily of letters to and from the children of John Pierce and his first wife, Mary (Paterson) Pierce, as well as of his second wife, Mary (Goodman) Pierce. The collection documents events of national importance: John Pierce, a colonel and paymaster in the Continental Army, received letters from numerous correspondents concerning military, administrative, and political news of the American Revolution. Moreover, the Pierce brothers traveled...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1775-1825; Other: Majority of material found in 1776-1825; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1978
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Elisha Sill family papers
1997-24-0
Collection
Identifier: 1997-24-0
Scope and Contents
The papers of Dr. Elisha Sill (1730-1808) of Goshen, Conn., consist of his diary and account book, 1771-1783, and his copy of a 1776 letter to Col. Oliver Wolcott in which he asked to be relieved of service. The collection also includes two 1774 letters from committees of correspondence and papers related to Dr. Sill's son Elisha Eaton Sill (1774-1812) and grandson William Eaton Sill (1806-1888).
After graduating from Yale College in 1754, Dr. Sill settled in Goshen, Conn. and eastablished...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1771-1825; Other: Date acquired: 02/08/1999
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Wolcott family collection
1906-04-0
Collection
Identifier: 1906-04-0
Abstract
Correspondence chiefly between Frederick Wolcott (1767-1837), his wife Elizabeth (Betsey) Huntington Wolcott (1774-1812), his brother Oliver Wolcott (1760-1833) who served as Secretary of the Treasury and Governor of Connecticut, and Jabez W. Huntington (1788-1847) who served as a U.S. Senator from Connecticut. Topics include domestic news, local, state, regional and national politics, business affairs, church activities, trade with China and the merchant vessel Trident, raising merino...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1740-1844; Other: Majority of material found within 1790-1837; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1906
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
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- Account books 2
- Diaries 2
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 2
- United States--Politics and government--1775-1783. 2
- Charleston (S.C.)--Description and travel 1
- China -- Commerce 1
- Connecticut--Politics and government 1
- Epidemics--New York (State)--New York 1
- Florida--Description and travel 1
- Fort Ticonderoga (N.Y.)--Capture, 1777 1
- Goshen (Conn.) 1
- Litchfield (Conn.) 1
- Litchfield (Conn.) - History 1
- Medicine--United States--History--18th century 1
- Military commissions 1
- Private schools - Connecticut - Litchfield - History 1
- Receipts 1
- Schools 1
- Slavery--United States 1
- Southern States--History--1775-1865 1
- Trident 1
- Washington (D.C.)--Description and travel 1
- Women - Education - Connecticut - Litchfield - History 1
- Woolen and worsted manufacture 1
- Yellow fever--New York (State)--New York 1 + ∧ less
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