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Declaration of Independence: Oliver Wolcott

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Declaration of Independence: Oliver Wolcott

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Auction Date:2012 Apr 18 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : 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
Endorsement, signed “Teste Oliver Wolcott Sheriff,” one inlaid page, 6 x 4, March 20, 1755. Penned on the reverse of a court summons, the names of the defendant and plaintiffs are listed, followed by a few calculations below Wolcott’s notation, “Litchfield, March 28th Day 1755—Then I served the within Writ to me directly by Reading of same in the hearing of within named Defent.,” signing at the conclusion. The printed summons in requiring John Patterson of Litchfield “to Answer unto Abel Beach & Abijah Beach, both of Strafford, in Fairfield County…in an Action or Plea that to the Plaintiffs he the Defendant Render the Sum of 112 pounds money.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, partial separations along the central horizontal fold, a portion of which is secured with reparative tape, a light adhesive remnant, a small area of paper loss towards the bottom of the document, and show-through from writing on the reverse.