Wolcott, Oliver, 1726-1797
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Name (Latin)
Wolcott, Oliver, 1726-1797
Date of birth
1726-11-20
Date of death
1797-12-01
Occupation
Lieutenant governors
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Connecticut. Governor (1796-1797 : Wolcott). By His Excellency Oliver Wolcott, Esquire ... A proclamation ... Thursday, the twenty-second day of December next, to be religiously observed as a day of public thanksgiving, 1796:t.p. (Oliver Wolcott; governor of Connecticut)
- LC in RLIN, 6/17/87(hdg.: Wolcott, Oliver, 1726-1797)
- DAB(Wolcott, Oliver; grad. Yale, 1747; Conn. lieutenant-governor, 1787-1796, and governor, 1796-1797)
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Portrait of Connecticut Founding Father Oliver Wolcott
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File:Oliver Wolcott's Grave.jpg
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File:Oliver Wolcott Ralph Earl.jpeg
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Wikipedia description:
Oliver Wolcott Sr. ( WUUL-kət; November 20, 1726 – December 1, 1797) was an American Founding Father and politician. He was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation as a representative of Connecticut, and the nineteenth governor of Connecticut. Wolcott was a major general for the Connecticut militia in the Revolutionary War serving under George Washington.
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