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Oliver Wolcott
Oliver Wolcott
Oliver Wolcott 1726-97, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. South Windsor (then in Windsor), Conn.; son of Roger Wolcott. He fought in King George's War, and upon his return to Connecticut he entered a legal and public career. Wolcott held several judicial posts and in 1775 was named a Native American commissioner to obtain the neutrality of the Iroquois in the conflict with Great Britain. He was a general in the Saratoga campaign and a prominent figure in Connecticut politics as a delegate to the Continental Congress (1775-78, 1780-84), lieutenant governor (1786-96), and governor (1796-97).
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WOLCOTT FELLOWSHIPS PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/2/2007; 700+ words
; ...Dean Linda L. Ammons RE: Josiah Oliver Wolcott Fellowship Program DEADLINE...worthwhile experience. Current Wolcott Fellows will be available to discuss...refreshments order.) JOSIAH OLIVER WOLCOTT FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM Criteria for...
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PGA golf pro leading Tunica National into grand opening: Wolcott also wears special hat: entertaining the entertainers.(Focus Golf)(Professional Golf Association)(KemperGolf Management)(Interview)
Magazine article from: Mississippi Business Journal; 4/19/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Northbrook, Ill.-based Kemper Sports, tapped Wolcott, who had managed the teaching facility...Skinner. Before joining KemperSports, Wolcott, coincidentally a direct descendent of Oliver Wolcott, one of the signers of the Declaration...
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 "Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL)")
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LEOTA CAPPS WOLCOTT | DORIS T. MAYER | TINA L. (BAKER) STEWART | ALFRED T. HATTERSLEY
Newspaper article from: Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL); 6/28/1997; 700+ words
; ...Leota Capps Wolcott Leota Capps Wolcott, 86, of Batavia, passed away...She was united in marriage to Oliver M. Wolcott on November 25, 1951 in Avon...is survived by her husband, Oliver M. Wolcott; a daughter, Patricia (Thomas...
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Clara Mitchell Wolcott.
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 12/27/2007; 439 words
; ...Norfolk, and Mrs. Brooke Wolcott Sullivan of Nags Head, N...grandchildren, Sarah and Gordon Wolcott of Norfolk, and Mark and Allison...Sullivan of Nags Head. Mrs. Wolcott was a graduate of Roanoke Business...Norfolk, VA 23505. H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Norfolk...
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PGA golf pro leading Tunica National into grand opening
Magazine article from: The Mississippi Business Journal; 4/19/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Northbrook, Ill.-based Kemper Sports, tapped Wolcott, who had managed the teaching facility...Skinner. Before joining KemperSports, Wolcott, coincidentally a direct descendent of Oliver Wolcott, one of the signers of the Declaration...
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 "Sun, The: Plainfield (IL)")
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Mildred G. Pinkerton
Newspaper article from: Sun, The: Plainfield (IL); 4/14/2006; 700+ words
; ...eight grandchildren, Scott (wife Stacey) Wolcott, Jeffery (wife Jennifer) Wolcott, Jennifer (husband Steve) Novak, Lisa...grandchildren, Calin, Haleigh, Tyler and Oliver Wolcott and Jillian Allison; her mother, Nona Bower...
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The Value of the Dollar, Public Credit, Government Spending ... Same U.S. Headlines, Different Century.
PR Newswire; 10/30/2007; 700+ words
; ...Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and Oliver Wolcott to be sold at Auction; 200 year...Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and Oliver Wolcott about the finances of the United...prepared by Secretary of the Treasury Oliver Wolcott. Showing the government's revenues...
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 "Connecticut Post (Bridgeport, CT)")
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Chef serves up advice on his business.
Newspaper article from: Connecticut Post (Bridgeport, CT); 12/7/2006; 700+ words
; ...Culinary arts students from Oliver Wolcott Regional Technical High School...and most restaurants fail. The Oliver Wolcott students had traveled from Torrington...trade," said Joe Tartaglia, an Oliver Wolcott instructor and one-third owner...
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 "Stamford Advocate (Stamford, CT)")
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EDITORIAL: Four to remember on this Fourth of July.(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: Stamford Advocate (Stamford, CT); 7/4/2006; 700+ words
; ...the war and became active in government. He replaced Oliver Wolcott in Philadelphia and arrived too late to vote for the...to some officers who were stationed in Lebanon. * Oliver Wolcott was a top Yale scholar from Litchfield who became a...
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AGO/QUIMBY REGIONAL COMPETITIONS FOR YOUNG ORGANISTS WINNERS, 2009
Magazine article from: The American Organist; 10/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...the Arthur Poister Organ Competition. Second Place: OLIVER WOLCOTT 210 Carrsbrook Drive Charlottesville, VA 22901 434-974-7883 oli91@comcast.net Oliver Wolcott has just graduated from St. Anne's-Belfield Upper...
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Oliver Wolcott
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Oliver Wolcott 1760-1833, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1795-1800), b. Litchfield, Conn; son of Oliver Wolcott. Admitted to the bar in 1781, he served as Connecticut comptroller...
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Gibbs, (Oliver) Wolcott
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Gibbs, [Oliver] Wolcott (1902–58), critic. A descendant of Oliver Wolcott, signer of the Declaration of Independence, he was born in New...
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Roger Wolcott
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Roger Wolcott 1679-1767, American colonial governor of...1745) Louisburg in King George's War. Wolcott wrote Poetical Meditations (1725), the first...published in Connecticut. He was the father of Oliver Wolcott.
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Treaty with the Six Nations (1784)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...In 1784, Congress appointed Oliver Wolcott, Richard Butler, and Arthur...hundred and eighty-four, between Oliver Wolcott, Richard Butler, and Arthur...Nations for their use and comfort. Oliver Wolcott, [L.S.] Richard Butler...
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The 1900s: Science and Technology: Deaths
Book article from: American Decades
...research on thermodynamic equilibrium, 28 April 1903. Oliver Wolcott Gibbs, 86, pioneer chemist who studied complex inorganic...expert on the topography of Jupiter, 1 January 1909. Oliver Payson Hubbard, 91, chemist who worked with Charles...
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