Boudinot, Elias (1740-1821) to [Ezekiel Williams]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02471.05 Author/Creator: Boudinot, Elias (1740-1821) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1778/06/13 Pagination: 1 p. + docket Order a Copy
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BOUDINOT, Elias, (1740-1821), Delegate and a Representative from New Jersey; received a classical education; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1760 and commenced practice in Elizabethtown, N.J.; member of the board of trustees of Princeton College 1772-1821; member of the committee of safety in 1775; commissary general of prisoners in the Revolutionary Army 1776-1779; Member of the Continental Congress in 1778, 1781, 1782 and 1783, serving as President in 1782 and 1783, and signing the treaty of peace with England; resumed the practice of law; elected to the First, Second, and Third Congresses (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1795); was not a candidate for renomination in 1794 to the Fourth Congress; Director of the Mint from October 1795 to July 1805, when he resigned; elected first president of the American Bible Society, in 1816. (excerpted from bioguide.congress.gov)
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