Auction Date:2011 Jul 13 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
American military officer (1726–1797) and signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut. DS, one page both sides, 8 x 13, December 8, 1796. Document begins “The Debenture of the Electors for the Election of a President and Vice President of the United States,” and lists nine names and expenditures, presumably from Connecticut delegates, including Wolcott, Jonathan Trumbull, Joseph Root, Jeremiah Wadsworth, and Herman Swift. Signed on the reverse by Wolcott beneath a statement in another hand which reads, “This debenture has been examined and payment by the State Treasurer is…” First page of the document is signed again by Wolcott, next to his listed name, and also signed “Jon Trumbull,” next to his listed name. In very good condition, with scattered toning and soiling, small separations along horizontal folds, light edge wear and chipping, and show-through from writing on reverse.
John Adams would defeat Thomas Jefferson by three electoral votes in the hotly debated 1796 election to succeed George Washington, with Connecticut’s nine electoral votes going toward Thomas Jefferson. Though he was unable to secure the highest office, Jefferson was elected vice president, despite not being Adams’ running mate—marking the first time in the young nation’s history that a president and vice president were chosen from opposing political sides.
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