Oliver Wolcott Jr

Partly-printed DS, signed “Oliv. Wolcott Jr,” one page, 6.25 x 5.5, May 20, 1783. Wolcott orders the state of Connecticut to pay Captain Wm Lantham 20 pounds “out of the Tax.” Signed at the conclusion by Wolcott as a member of the pay committee. scattered light toning,fine condition.

Oliver Wolcott, Jr. (1760-1833), the son of Oliver Wolcott, succeeded Alexander Hamilton as Secretary of the Treasury in 1795. He resigned in 1800 after he and Hamilton became involved in a political attack against President John Adams. Wolcott was governor of Connecticut from 1817 to 1827. He was born in Litchfield, and was graduated from Yale.