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Oliver Wolcott, Jr. Signs Witnessing The X Of An Illiterate Revolutionary War Soldier Receiving His

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Oliver Wolcott, Jr. Signs Witnessing The X Of An Illiterate Revolutionary War Soldier Receiving His
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[AMERICAN REVOLUTION – OLIVER WOLCOTT, JR.]. Oliver Wolcott, Jr. (1760-1833). Secretary of the Treasury under Washington and Adams; Governor of Connecticut. Wolcott Jr., Son of a Signer of the Declaration of Independence, served faithfully and superbly under Alexander Hamilton, and was instrumental in developing a plan for the establishment of branches of the Bank of the United States, established in 1791. DS. 1 page. 7” x 7”. Partly-printed Pay-Table Committee order to pay to William Burns “the payment of forty seven pounds four shillings and nine pence it being the balance due to me, on the first day of January 1780 last, as stated by the Committee of the State and of the Army.” Wolcott has written out and signed the lower portion of the document where William Burns has affixed his mark. Excellent condition.