Ended on Monday, September 18, 2023 at 1:16 PM.

Lot # 008 Colonial: 1796 June, Wolcott, Oliver Jr. second Treasurer of the United States following Alexander Hamilton, f

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Start of the sale:
Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 6:00 AM
Item n°1863308439
Sale ends:
Monday, September 18, 2023 at 1:16 PM
Lot:
#008
Catalog:
Harmers International Fall 2023 Sale
Estimated price:
between $100.00 and $150.00

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Colonial: 1796 June, Wolcott, Oliver Jr. second Treasurer of the United States following Alexander Hamilton, free franked printed folded letter with full signature ,from the Treasury Department bearing "FREE" handstamp "14 IV" in circle Bishop mark and Oliver Wolcott jr. sent to William Tuck, Collector in Gloucester Massachusetts with a printed receipt for $2,000 Est. Cash Val. $100 - 150 Oliver Wolcott, jr. was a Connecticut-based politician. Educated at Yale University and with a degree in law from Litchfield Law School. He served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War as an aide-de-camp for his father. He became the first auditor of the federal treasury in 1789, in 1795 he was the comptroller of the Treasury Department later that year, Secretary of the Treasury under President George Washington. In 1802, he formed Oliver Wolcott & Company, an import-export firm. Wolcott established Bank of America in 1811, working there until 1814._x000D_ In 1817 he was elected governor of Connecticut and served ten consecutive one-year terms. He died in New York City on June 1, 1833._x000D_ Cover

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Lot # 008 Colonial: 1796 June, Wolcott, Oliver Jr. second Treasurer of the United States following Alexander Hamilton, f

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