[Letters] 1799-1811 / Oliv: Wolcott.

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[Letters] 1799-1811 / Oliv: Wolcott.

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[Letter] 1799 Oct. 1, Treasury Department, Trenton [to] Eli Whitney. Wolcott mentions a pamphlet on English and French locks and hopes that Whitney's factory is complete and that he "will deliver some arms in a short period." -- [Letter] 1803 May 30, New York [to] James McHenry. Wolcott thanks McHenry for copies of a letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and discusses other political issues of the moment. In addition, he trusts McHenry "will assist, in guiding us out of the turbid waves of Jeffersonian liberty." --[Letter] 1811 Apr. 22, New York [to] Eli Whitney. The letter concerns his brother's draft for 2000 dollars.

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