1866 Samuel Wolcott Private Letter Concerning Illinois College Land Offer

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A private letter from D. D. Samuel Wolcott from Cleveland dated December 8, 1866.  Wolcott writes to his brother offering the Trustees of Illinois College land at cost which he owns.  He closes the letter with the directive to "please destroy this."
Samuel Wolcott (1813–1886) was an American Congregationalist minister, missionary, and writer of hymns. During the American Civil War, he regularly gave public speeches about the war.  Wolcott was married first to Caroline Elizabeth Wood on September 5, 1839. She went with him to the Middle East and died in Syria on October 26, 1841. He then married Harriet Amanda (Pope) Wolcott on November 1, 1843.[2] They had eleven children. As of 1889, ten of the children were: Samuel Adams raised stock near San Antonio, Texas. Henry Roger was a capitalist living in Denver. Edward Oliver a United States Senator from Denver. William Edgar was a Congregationalist minister in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Herbert Walker was a lawyer in Denver. Agnes Vaile lived with her husband at Lexington, Massachusetts. Mrs. Charles H. Toll of Colorado. At that time, three daughters lived at home with their mother, Anna, Clara, and Charlotte. [1] His daughter, Anna Louisa, established the elite Wolcott School for Girls in Denver. [7] He returned to Longmeadow in 1882, living there until his death on February 24, 1886