Oliver Wolcott (1760–1833)
Wolcott and Bushrod Washington, both Federalists, exchanged letters on politics, business, and other matters.
Oliver Wolcott, cabinet member and governor, was born on 11 January 1760 in Litchfield, Connecticut. While a teenager, he served in the Continental Army and graduated from Yale. After passing the bar, he held a series of positions within the Connecticut state government before his appointment as auditor of the U.S. treasury. In 1795 Wolcott succeeded his political ally Alexander Hamilton as secretary of the treasury.
"Oliver Wolcott." Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/BT2310000349/UHIC?u=viva_uva&sid=bookmark-UHIC&xid=ded0ef83. Accessed 19 Dec. 2023.
"To George Washington from Oliver Wolcott, Jr., 15 August 1789," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-03-02-0269. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 3, 15 June 1789–5 September 1789, ed. Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1989, pp. 470–471.]
Oliver Wolcott, Jr. Papers, Connecticut Historical Society Museum & Library, Hartford.
Oliver Wolcott at Federal Judicial Center.
Oliver Wolcott Jr. at Find a Grave.
Oliver Wolcott Jr at FamilySearch.