BOUDINOT, ELIAS
\bˈuːdɪnˌɒt], \bˈuːdɪnˌɒt], \b_ˈuː_d_ɪ_n_ˌɒ_t]\
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(1740-1821), of New Jersey, was Delegate to Congress most of the time from 1777 to 1784, was its president in 1782 and as such signed the Treaty of Peace with England. He was a member of Congress from 1789 to 1795, Director of the Mint from 1795 to 1805, and was much interested in the education of the Indians and in missionary enterprises.
By John Franklin Jameson
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Snake's-head
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