Connecticut as a colony and as a state; or, One of the original thirteen; . o report on that portion of the governors mes-sage which related to the revision of the form of civil gov-ernment. The council appointed Elijah Boardman and Wil-liam Bristol members of a joint committee. A resolution was adopted June 2, 1818, calling for townmeetings to be held on the following fourth day of July, toenable the freemen to elect as many delegates to a Constitu-tional Convention, to be held the fourth Wednesday inAugust, as they had representatives in the lower house of theGeneral Assembly. The result of
Connecticut as a colony and as a state; or, One of the original thirteen; . o report on that portion of the governors mes-sage which related to the revision of the form of civil gov-ernment. The council appointed Elijah Boardman and Wil-liam Bristol members of a joint committee. A resolution was adopted June 2, 1818, calling for townmeetings to be held on the following fourth day of July, toenable the freemen to elect as many delegates to a Constitu-tional Convention, to be held the fourth Wednesday inAugust, as they had representatives in the lower house of theGeneral Assembly. The result of the two elections assureda majority for the Tolerationists, though both parties hadput in nomination their strongest men. Oliver Wolcott, the Father of the Constitution of 1818,and the first Governor elected under it, was the third mem-ber of the Wolcott family called upon to fill this office. Hewas born in Litchfield, Jan. 11, 1760; at the age of four-teen he entered Yale College; two years later he joined thevolunteer militia, which interrupted his studies. He took 108. From a ciavun sketch bv Rembrandt Peale. ^^?:^v^^^^^ CONNECTICUT AS A STATE part in repelling Tryons invasion; he afterwards returnedto college, graduated, and began the study of law. During the summer of 1779 he acted as aide-de-camp tohis father, who commanded on the western borders of theState; he was attached to the quartermasters department ofthe Continental Army, but after declining a commission asensign, he left military life to resume his legal studies. Leav-ing his native town in 178 i, he proceeded to Hartford, wherehe accepted a clerkship in the office of the Commissioners ofthe Pay Table. The following year he was appointed one ofthe board. In May 1784 he was selected one of the commis-sioners to adjust the claims of Connecticut against the UnitedStates; his colleagues were Oliver Ellsworth and WilliamSamuel Johnson. The abolishment of the Commissioners of the Pay Tablecaused him to be appointed in
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