Oliver Wolcott Autographs
Oliver Wolcott Sr. (/ˈwʊlkət/ WUUL-kət; November 20, 1726 – December 1, 1797) was an American Founding Father and politician. He was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation as a representative of Connecticut, and the nineteenth governor of Connecticut. Wolcott was a major general for the Connecticut militia in the Revolutionary War serving under George Washington.
Wolcott was born in Windsor, Connecticut, the youngest of 10 children born to colonial Governor Roger Wolcott and Sarah Drake Wolcott. His elder brother was Erastus Wolcott. He attended Yale College, graduating in 1747 as the top scholar in his class. Upon graduation, New York Governor George Clinton granted Wolcott a captain's commission to raise a militia company to fight in the French and Indian Wars (King George's War (1744–1748)). Captain Wolcott served on the northern frontier defending the Canadian border against the French until the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle of 1748. He then moved to newly settled Goshen in northwestern Connecticut to practice and study medicine with his brother Alexander. He then moved to Litchfield and became a merchant; he was appointed sheriff of the newly created Litchfield County, Connecticut, serving from 1751 to 1771. He married Lorraine (Laura) Collins of Guilford, Connecticut, on January 21, 1755. They had five children: Oliver (who died young), Oliver Jr., Laura, Mariann, and
Wolcott had two careers during the war years as one of Connecticut's principal delegates to the Continental Congress and also a militia officer. He participated in the American Revolutionary War as brigadier general and then as major general in the Connecticut militia. As a representative in the Continental Congress, he was a strong advocate for independence.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Oliver Wolcott (Oliver Wolcott / CIRCULAR TO THE COLLECTORS OF THE CUSTOMS Signed) was sold in July 2025 for $3,000.00 while the cheapest item (Oliver Wolcott, Jr. - Autograph Document Signed, 1818 ) found a new owner for $9.99 in November 2016. The month with the most items sold (6) was March 2026 with an average selling price of $151.25 for an autographed item of Oliver Wolcott. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2025 with $3,000.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $9.99 was November 2016. In average, an autographed item from Oliver Wolcott is worth $77.54.
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