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OLIVER WOLCOTT, JR.

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OLIVER WOLCOTT, JR.
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>OLIVER WOLCOTT, JR. </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'>(1760-1833). United States Secretary of the Treasury, succeeding Alexander Hamilton in 1795. When the charter of the first US bank expired, he employed his capital in founding the Bank of North America. Son of the signer of the Declaration of Independence. DS “<i>O W Wolcott, Jr</i>” as Comptroller, 1¼pp on single sheet, 4to, “Treasury Department Comptroller’s Office” [Philadelphia], Nov. 26, 1792. To Henry Remsen in New York responding to his apparent protest of an insufficient expense account reimbursement. In part, “...<i>it will be of no advantage to you to apply to Congress, regarding your account of expenses...The provision made by law is as compleat as is usual in such cases; the question...respects merely the sum which shall be allowed, and this would probably be referred to the...Office of the Treasury...It was my opinion...that Twelve Dollars was a sufficient allowance in the common cases...I have no doubt that the auditor will duly consider any special circumstances...to exempt your claim from the general rule, to which I shall on my part pay proper respect, when the account is settled in this office.</i>..” Slight fold separations with no paper loss; some show-through, o/w Fine.</span></p>