Connecticut as a colony and as a state; or, One of the original thirteen; . ntified with the Western frontier, and from his thor-ough knowledge of the Indians and the trust they reposed inhim, was appointed government Indian Agent in 1801, resi-dent among the Cherokees in Georgia; spent the rest of hislife at the agency, and there more than twenty years later hedied, Jan. 28, 1823, at the age of eighty-eight. Among the colonels of the Connecticut Line was ErastusWolcott, born in East Windsor, Sept. 21, 1722; son ofJudge and Governor Roger Wolcott, to whom we owehalf our knowledge and more than
Connecticut as a colony and as a state; or, One of the original thirteen; . ntified with the Western frontier, and from his thor-ough knowledge of the Indians and the trust they reposed inhim, was appointed government Indian Agent in 1801, resi-dent among the Cherokees in Georgia; spent the rest of hislife at the agency, and there more than twenty years later hedied, Jan. 28, 1823, at the age of eighty-eight. Among the colonels of the Connecticut Line was ErastusWolcott, born in East Windsor, Sept. 21, 1722; son ofJudge and Governor Roger Wolcott, to whom we owehalf our knowledge and more than half our puzzle on thehiding of the Charter. He was born to public office, fromhis heredity and capacity; lawyer, repeatedly member andSpeaker of the Assemblys lower house, justice, judge of pro-bate and of the county court. Sent to Boston in 1775 to keepwatch of British movements, he shortly joins Washington atCambridge at the head of a regiment of Connecticut militia;in 1777 becomes brigadier-general, and commands the first 192 ?;*.*--•• , ;?*** ?r,<4&J. %m
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