^Lot 230 Declaration of Independence: Oliver Wolcott

Endorsement, signed “Teste Oliver Wolcott Sheriff,” one inlaid page, 6 x 4, March 20, 1755. Penned on the reverse of a court summons, the names of the defendant and plaintiffs are listed, followed by a few calculations below Wolcott’s notation, “Litchfield, March 28th Day 1755—Then I served the within Writ to me directly by Reading of same in the hearing of within named Defent.,” signing at the conclusion. The printed summons in requiring John Patterson of Litchfield “to Answer unto Abel Beach & Abijah Beach, both of Strafford, in Fairfield County…in an Action or Plea that to the Plaintiffs he the Defendant Render the Sum of 112 pounds money.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, partial separations along the central horizontal fold, a portion of which is secured with reparative tape, a light adhesive remnant, a small area of paper loss towards the bottom of the document, and show-through from writing on the reverse.