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Welcome to the 5th installment of the Summer 26 issue themed "America at 250," a special, expanded issue with double the content! Scroll to the bottom to find the password and read the full magazine.

Oliver Wolcott and the Unavoidable Separation

by Shawn R. Dagle © Connecticut Explored

Ralph Earl, Oliver Wolcott, 1789. Oil on canvas. Courtesy of the Museum of Connecticut History.

The great question of American independence hung in the air when Oliver Wolcott arrived in Philadelphia in the winter of 1776. Not yet 50, the future signer of the Declaration…