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Roger Wolcott Autograph Collection

1728-1878

Guide to the Collection

Collection Summary

Creator:	Wolcott, Roger, 1847-1900
Title:	Roger Wolcott autograph collection
Dates:	1728-1878
Physical Description:	1 narrow box and 1 oversize box
Call Number:	Special Colls. R. Wolcott
Repository:	Massachusetts Historical Society 1154 Boylston StreetBoston, MA 02215library@masshist.org

Abstract

This collection consists of autographs of U.S. political figures kept by Massachusetts Governor Roger Wolcott, including John Quincy Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, and George Washington.

Biographical Sketch

Roger Wolcott was born in Boston in 1847, the son of Joshua Huntington Wolcott and Cornelia (Frothingham) Wolcott. The family was descended from Oliver Wolcott, one of the founders of Connecticut. Roger Wolcott was a graduate of Harvard College, Class of 1870, and Harvard Law School, 1874, and was admitted to the Massachusetts bar the same year. In addition to his legal practice, Wolcott became involved in Republican Party politics in Massachusetts, winning a seat on the Boston Common Council in 1877 and eventually becoming governor of Massachusetts from 1896 to 1900. Wolcott died in Boston on 21 December 1900.

Collection Description

This collection consists of autograph letters, certificates, and cut-slip autographs of United States political figures kept by Massachusetts Governor Roger Wolcott, including John Quincy Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, George Washington, and Samuel, Jabez, and Ebenezer Huntington, among many others. Included are signatures of many governors of the state of Connecticut.

Acquisition Information

Deposited by Roger Wolcott, Jr., August 1910.

Detailed Description of the Collection

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I. Autograph letters, 1770-1878

Arranged alphabetically.

Box 1Folder 1

Adams, John Quincy (1735-1826) to Ebenezer Huntington, [Washington, D.C.], 18 Feb. 1818

Box 1Folder 1

Buchanan, James (1741-1868) to Ely Moore, Washington, [D.C.], 16 Oct. 1848

Box 1Folder 1

Dallas, George M. (1792-1864) to [Ambrose H.] Sevier, Washington, [D.C.], 23 May 1846

Box 1Folder 1

Dutton, Henry (1796-1869) to William A. Buckingham, New Haven, [Conn.], 1 Feb. 1865

Box 1Folder 1

Edwards, Henry W. (1779-1847) to Asa Spalding, New Haven, [Conn.], 4 Sep. 1809

Box 1Folder 1

Ellery, Benjamin (1725-1797) and William Ellery (1727-1820) to [unidentified], Newport, R.I., 19 Apr. 1771

Box 1Folder 1

Ellsworth, William W. (1791-1868) to William L. Stoors, Hartford, [Conn.], 13 Feb. 1829

Box 1Folder 1

Fillmore, Millard (1800-1874) to Dr. Powers, [Feb. 1849]

Box 1Folder 1

Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790) to Andrew Huntington, Passy, 10 Sep. 1784 (copy)

Box 1Folder 1

Gerry, Elbridge (1744-1814) to Col. Henry Sherbourne, Cambridge, [Mass.], 3 Mar. 1813 (copy)

Box 1Folder 1

Griswold, Matthew (1714-1799) to Asa Spalding, Lyme, [Conn.], 18 Jan. 1786

Box 1Folder 2

Harrison, William Henry (1773-1841) to David Holmes, Vincennes, 18 Feb. 1810

Box 1Folder 2

Hopkinson, Francis (1737-1791) and John Lawrence, 5 Oct. 1780

Signed bill of exchange to Thomas Mumford.

Box 1Folder 2

Hubbard, Richard D. (1818-1884) to [G. H. Greene], Hartford, [Conn.], 7 Aug. 1878

Box 1Folder 2

Ingersoll, Charles R. (1821-1903) to Miss L. M. Huntington, New Haven, [Conn.], 9 Apr. 1874

Box 1Folder 2

Ingersoll, Jonathan (1747-1823) to Asa Spalding, New Haven, [Conn.], 23 Sep. 1791

Box 1Folder 2

Lafayette, Marquis de (1757-1834) to [Ebenezer] Huntington, New Windsor, [Conn.], 14 Feb. 1781

Box 1Folder 2

Lewis, Francis (1713-1802) to Jabez Huntington, New York, 27 Oct. 1775

Box 1Folder 2

Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) to [William A. Buckingham], Washington, D.C., 12 Jan. 1863

Box 1Folder 3

Morris, Robert (1734-1806) to Thomas Mumford, Marine Office, 2 Sep. 1782

Box 1Folder 3

Quincy, Josiah to Walter S. Alexander, Boston, [Mass.], 4 May 1854

Box 1Folder 3

Sherman, Roger (1721-1793) to Jabez Huntington, Philadelphia, 8 July 1779

Box 1Folder 3

Smith, John C. to [unidentified], Sharon, 17 Dec. 1829

Box 1Folder 3

Toucey, Isaac (1796-1869) to A. Dickins, Navy Department, 20 Oct. 1858

Box 1Folder 3

Treadwell, Jonathan [John? (1745-1823)] to Ebenezer Huntington, New Haven, [Conn.], 16 Oct. 1810

Box 1Folder 3

Trumbull, John (1756-1843) to Ebenezer Huntington, 10 July 1821

Box 1Folder 3

Trumbull, Jonathan (1740-1809) to [James] Hillhouse, Lebanon, 17 Nov. 1771

Box 1Folder 3

Trumbull, Jonathan (1740-1809) to Ebenezer Huntington, Lebanon, 30 Nov. 1803

Box 1Folder 3

Trumbull, Jonathan (1740-1809) to Ebenezer Huntington, 6 May 1809

Box 1Folder 3

Washington, George (1732-1799) to J[abez] Huntington, New York, 15 July 1776

Box 1Folder 3

Washington, George (1732-1799) to [Ebenezer] Huntington, Headquarters before York, 15 Oct. 1781

Box 1Folder 3

Williams, [William] to Jabez Huntington, Lebanon, 22 Nov. 1770

Box 1Folder 3

Wolcott, Oliver (1760-1833) to Ebenezer Huntington, Litchfield, 29 June 1822

Close I. Autograph letters, 1770-1878

II. Certificates, 1728-1870

Box 1Folder 4

Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) to Messrs. McLaughlin & Taggert, 11 July 1793

Signed check.

Box 1Folder 4

Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885) and Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873), 27 Feb. 1870

Certificate of contribution to the Metropolitan Memorial M.E. Church, Washington, D.C., issued to William A. Buckingham.

Box 1Folder 4

Wolcott, Oliver (1760-1833), 23 May 1796

Appointment of Andrew Huntington to judge of probate in Norwich, [Conn.]

Box OS

Hancock, John (1737-1793) and Charles Thomson, Jr. (1729-1824), 1 Jan. 1776

Commission to Ebenezer Huntington as first lieutenant of Captain Hanchet's Company in the 22nd Regiment of Foot.

Box OS

Hancock, John (1737-1793), 15 May 1776

Commission to Ebenezer Huntington as captain of a company in the 22nd Regiment of Foot.

Box OS

Laurens, Henry (1724-1792) and Charles Thomson, Jr. (1729-1824), 10 Oct. 1778

Commission to Ebenezer Huntington as lieutenant colonel in Samuel B. Wells' Regiment.

Box 1Folder 4

Huntington, Samuel (1731-1796), 2 Nov. 1792

Commission to Ebenezer Huntington as adjutant general of the Connecticut Militia, with rank of brigadier general.

Box OS

Trumbull, Jonathan (1740-1809) and Samuel Wyllys (1739-1823), 14 May 1798

Commission to Ebenezer Huntington as major general of the 3rd Division of Militia in Connecticut.

Box 1Folder 4

Smith, John Cotton (1765-1845) and Thomas Day (1777-1855), 1 Jan. 1813

Commission to Ebenezer Huntington as brigadier general commandant of the Military Corps.

Box 1Folder 4

Wyllys, George (1710-1796) and Jonathan Trumbull (1740-1809), 14 June 1774

Appointment of Jabez Huntington as judge of the Court of Probate, Norwich, [Conn.]

Box 1Folder 4

Talcott, Joseph (1669-1741) and Hez[ekiah] Wyllys (1672-1754), 24 May 1728

Commission to Thomas Mumford as lieutenant of the New London Troop of Horse.

Box OS

Adams, John (1735-1826), Timothy Pickering (1745-1829), and James Simons, 2 Apr. 1800

Passport for brig Aurora, Hugh Curran, master.

Box OS

Stiles, Ezra (1727-1795), et al., undated

Yale [diploma?] issued to Ebenezer Huntington.

Box 1Folder 5

Huntington, Samuel (1731-1796) and Ben[jamin] Stoddert (1744-1813), 20 July 1780

Commission to Ebenezer Huntington as lieutenant colonel of Colonel Webb's Regiment in the Army of the United States.

Box 1Folder 5

Clap, Thomas (1703-1767), et al., undated

Hand-lettered certificate issued to Jabez Huntington.

Box 1Folder 5

Clap, Thomas (1703-1767), et al., 9 Sep. 1741

Hand-lettered certificate issued to Jabez Huntington.

Box OS

Arthur Dobbs (1689-1765) and Alexander Duncan, 10 Apr. 1761

Deed for land in North Carolina to William [Routledge].

Close II. Certificates, 1728-1870

III. Cut-slip autographs, 1785-1820, undated

Box 1Folder 6

Adams, Samuel (1722-1803), 14 Mar. 1785

Box 1Folder 6

Buckingham, William A. (1804-1875), undated

Box 1Folder 6

Cleveland, Chauncey F. (1799-1887), undated

Box 1Folder 6

Colfax, Schuyler (1823-1885), undated

Box 1Folder 6

English, James E. (1812-1890), undated

Box 1Folder 6

Foster, L[a] F[ayette] S. (1806-1880), undated

Box 1Folder 6

Hawley, J[oseph] R. (1826-1905), undated

Box 1Folder 6

Hayes, Rutherford B. ((1822-1893), undated

Box 1Folder 6

Henry, Patrick (1736-1799), undated

Box 1Folder 6

Holley, A[lexander] H. (1804-1887), undated

Box 1Folder 6

Huntington, Ebenezer (1754-1834), undated

Box 1Folder 6

Huntington, Ebenezer (1754-1834), 20 Jan. 1820

Box 1Folder 6

Huntington, J., Jr., 19 July 1763

Box 1Folder 6

Huntington, S[amuel] (1731-1796), undated

Box 1Folder 6

Huntington, S[amuel] (1731-1796), 28 June 1792

Box 1Folder 7

Jay, John (1745-1829), undated

Box 1Folder 7

Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826), undated

Box 1Folder 7

Jewell, Marshall (1825-1883), undated

Box 1Folder 7

Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875), undated

Box 1Folder 7

Minor, William T. (1815-1889), undated

Box 1Folder 7

Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869), undated

Box 1Folder 7

Polk, James K. (1795-1849), undated

Box 1Folder 7

Seymour, Thomas H. (1807-1868), undated

Box 1Folder 7

Taylor, Zachary (1784-1850), undated

Box 1Folder 7

Toucey, Isaac (1796-1869), undated

Box 1Folder 7

Trumbull, Jo[seph] (1737-1778), undated

Box 1Folder 7

Tyler, John (1790-1862), undated

Box 1Folder 7

Wheeler, William A. (1819-1887), undated

Box 1Folder 8

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) and Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), undated

Box 1Folder 8

Madison, James (1751-1836), undated

Box 1Folder 8

Monroe, James (1758-1831), John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), and [A. Epplee], undated

Box 1Folder 8

Tompkins, Daniel D. (1774-1825), undated

Box 1Folder 8

Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862) and John Forsyth (1780-1841), undated

Close III. Cut-slip autographs, 1785-1820, undated

Preferred Citation

Roger Wolcott autograph collection, Massachusetts Historical Society.

Access Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.

Persons:

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.

Huntington, Ebenezer, 1754-1834.

Huntington, Jabez, 1719-1786.

Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.

Washington, George, 1732-1799.

Organizations:

Massachusetts. Governor (1896-1900 : Wolcott).

Subjects:

Autographs--Collections.

Governors--Connecticut--Autographs.

Politicians--Autographs.

Presidents--Autographs.

United States--Politics and government--To 1775.

Materials Removed from the Collection

Photographs from this collection have been removed to the Roger Wolcott photograph collection (unprocessed) (Photo. Coll. 500.98).

Collection processed by Katherine H. Griffin, October 1986.

Encoded by Viv Williams, May 2020.

COLLECTION GUIDES

Table of Contents

Roger Wolcott Autograph Collection

1728-1878

Guide to the Collection

Collection Summary

Abstract

Biographical Sketch

Collection Description

Related Materials

Acquisition Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

I. Autograph letters, 1770-1878

Adams, John Quincy (1735-1826) to Ebenezer Huntington, [Washington, D.C.], 18 Feb. 1818

Buchanan, James (1741-1868) to Ely Moore, Washington, [D.C.], 16 Oct. 1848

Dallas, George M. (1792-1864) to [Ambrose H.] Sevier, Washington, [D.C.], 23 May 1846

Dutton, Henry (1796-1869) to William A. Buckingham, New Haven, [Conn.], 1 Feb. 1865

Edwards, Henry W. (1779-1847) to Asa Spalding, New Haven, [Conn.], 4 Sep. 1809

Ellery, Benjamin (1725-1797) and William Ellery (1727-1820) to [unidentified], Newport, R.I., 19 Apr. 1771

Ellsworth, William W. (1791-1868) to William L. Stoors, Hartford, [Conn.], 13 Feb. 1829

Fillmore, Millard (1800-1874) to Dr. Powers, [Feb. 1849]

Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790) to Andrew Huntington, Passy, 10 Sep. 1784 (copy)

Gerry, Elbridge (1744-1814) to Col. Henry Sherbourne, Cambridge, [Mass.], 3 Mar. 1813 (copy)

Griswold, Matthew (1714-1799) to Asa Spalding, Lyme, [Conn.], 18 Jan. 1786

Harrison, William Henry (1773-1841) to David Holmes, Vincennes, 18 Feb. 1810

Hopkinson, Francis (1737-1791) and John Lawrence, 5 Oct. 1780

Hubbard, Richard D. (1818-1884) to [G. H. Greene], Hartford, [Conn.], 7 Aug. 1878

Ingersoll, Charles R. (1821-1903) to Miss L. M. Huntington, New Haven, [Conn.], 9 Apr. 1874

Ingersoll, Jonathan (1747-1823) to Asa Spalding, New Haven, [Conn.], 23 Sep. 1791

Lafayette, Marquis de (1757-1834) to [Ebenezer] Huntington, New Windsor, [Conn.], 14 Feb. 1781

Lewis, Francis (1713-1802) to Jabez Huntington, New York, 27 Oct. 1775

Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) to [William A. Buckingham], Washington, D.C., 12 Jan. 1863

Morris, Robert (1734-1806) to Thomas Mumford, Marine Office, 2 Sep. 1782

Quincy, Josiah to Walter S. Alexander, Boston, [Mass.], 4 May 1854

Sherman, Roger (1721-1793) to Jabez Huntington, Philadelphia, 8 July 1779

Smith, John C. to [unidentified], Sharon, 17 Dec. 1829

Toucey, Isaac (1796-1869) to A. Dickins, Navy Department, 20 Oct. 1858

Treadwell, Jonathan [John? (1745-1823)] to Ebenezer Huntington, New Haven, [Conn.], 16 Oct. 1810

Trumbull, John (1756-1843) to Ebenezer Huntington, 10 July 1821

Trumbull, Jonathan (1740-1809) to [James] Hillhouse, Lebanon, 17 Nov. 1771

Trumbull, Jonathan (1740-1809) to Ebenezer Huntington, Lebanon, 30 Nov. 1803

Trumbull, Jonathan (1740-1809) to Ebenezer Huntington, 6 May 1809

Washington, George (1732-1799) to J[abez] Huntington, New York, 15 July 1776

Washington, George (1732-1799) to [Ebenezer] Huntington, Headquarters before York, 15 Oct. 1781

Williams, [William] to Jabez Huntington, Lebanon, 22 Nov. 1770

Wolcott, Oliver (1760-1833) to Ebenezer Huntington, Litchfield, 29 June 1822

II. Certificates, 1728-1870

Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) to Messrs. McLaughlin & Taggert, 11 July 1793

Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885) and Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873), 27 Feb. 1870

Wolcott, Oliver (1760-1833), 23 May 1796

Hancock, John (1737-1793) and Charles Thomson, Jr. (1729-1824), 1 Jan. 1776

Hancock, John (1737-1793), 15 May 1776

Laurens, Henry (1724-1792) and Charles Thomson, Jr. (1729-1824), 10 Oct. 1778

Huntington, Samuel (1731-1796), 2 Nov. 1792

Trumbull, Jonathan (1740-1809) and Samuel Wyllys (1739-1823), 14 May 1798

Smith, John Cotton (1765-1845) and Thomas Day (1777-1855), 1 Jan. 1813

Wyllys, George (1710-1796) and Jonathan Trumbull (1740-1809), 14 June 1774

Talcott, Joseph (1669-1741) and Hez[ekiah] Wyllys (1672-1754), 24 May 1728

Adams, John (1735-1826), Timothy Pickering (1745-1829), and James Simons, 2 Apr. 1800

Stiles, Ezra (1727-1795), et al., undated

Huntington, Samuel (1731-1796) and Ben[jamin] Stoddert (1744-1813), 20 July 1780

Clap, Thomas (1703-1767), et al., undated

Clap, Thomas (1703-1767), et al., 9 Sep. 1741

Arthur Dobbs (1689-1765) and Alexander Duncan, 10 Apr. 1761

III. Cut-slip autographs, 1785-1820, undated

Adams, Samuel (1722-1803), 14 Mar. 1785

Buckingham, William A. (1804-1875), undated

Cleveland, Chauncey F. (1799-1887), undated

Colfax, Schuyler (1823-1885), undated

English, James E. (1812-1890), undated

Foster, L[a] F[ayette] S. (1806-1880), undated

Hawley, J[oseph] R. (1826-1905), undated

Hayes, Rutherford B. ((1822-1893), undated

Henry, Patrick (1736-1799), undated

Holley, A[lexander] H. (1804-1887), undated

Huntington, Ebenezer (1754-1834), undated

Huntington, Ebenezer (1754-1834), 20 Jan. 1820

Huntington, J., Jr., 19 July 1763

Huntington, S[amuel] (1731-1796), undated

Huntington, S[amuel] (1731-1796), 28 June 1792