Elias Boudinot

:For other people with the same name, see Elias Boudinot (disambiguation).

Later public service

In addition to political office Elias supported many civic, religious, and educational causes during his life. He is intimately connected with Princeton University. In Revolutionary times, Princeton was the College of New Jersey, and Boudinot served as one of its trustees for nearly half a century, from 1772 until 1821. When the Continental Congress was forced to leave Philadelphia in 1783 while he was its president, he moved the meetings to Princeton where they met in the University's Nassua Hall.

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Princeton University - 1772 - 1821 - Princeton

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A devout Episcopalian, Boudinot supported missions and missionary work. To that end he was one of the founders of the American Bible Society, and served as its President after 1816. He argued for the rights of black and Indian citizens, and sponsored students to the Board School for Indians in Connecticut. One of these, a young Cherokee named Gallegina Watie, stayed with him while traveling to the school. The two so impressed each other that Gallegina asked to for and was given permission to use his name, and was afterward known as Elias Boudinot.

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Indian - Connecticut - Elias Boudinot

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