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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05330 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1779 |
| Title | Oliver Wolcott to Andrew Adams regarding a letter to Jacob Bogardus |
| Date | October 1779 |
| Author | Wolcott, Oliver (1726-1797) |
| Recipient | Adams, Andrew |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Signed with initials. Date from docket. Wolcott attests to a statement he made in a letter to Jacob Bogardus: "The aspersion mentioned in Mr. Bogardus letter was that I wrote to him that the conduct of [Mr. Shneill] in selling his negro I considered a wanton act of Barbarity. OW." Written on a blank leaf, with address leaf on verso, to Andrew Adams, docketed "Genl. Wolcott's letter inclosing a letter from Jacob Bogardus & Dep. Oct. 1779." |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Slave Sale Slavery African American History Morality and Ethics |
| People | Wolcott, Oliver (1726-1797) Adams, Andrew (1736-1797) Bogardus, Jacob (cb. 1750) |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Possibly pertains to Jacob Bogardus from New York, who had been a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Wolcott became a General in the Revolutionary War, and was a Continental Congressman. Adams was a Continental Congressman and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Both Wolcott and Adams were from Connecticut. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |