Wolcott, Oliver, 1726-1797
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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
Lyman Beecher Stowe speech
00-2010-226-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-226-0
Scope and Contents
Speech delivered by Lyman Beecher Stowe at the celebration of Litchfield's bicenennial. He remarked on his ancestors and their connection to Litchfield and his appreciation of some of the memorable citizens of Litchfield, including Sarah Pierce, Charles Loring Brace, Oliver Wolcott, Benjamin Tallmadge, Tapping Reeve, James Gould, and John Pierpont.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1920 Aug 2
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
Research file and photographs of the Oliver Wolcott house
2016-33-0
Collection
Identifier: 2016-33-0
Abstract
Documents and photographs related to the Oliver Wolcott house in Litchfield, CT, compiled by Jane Leary Schnitzer.
Dates:
1924-1990s
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
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- Litchfield (Conn.) - History 1
- Military commissions 1
- Speeches 1
- Trident 1
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 1
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