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3 unusual facts about Elias Cornelius


Elias Cornelius

After the death of Jeremiah Evarts, he was named secretary of the ABCFM in October 1831, but became ill.

He spent 18 months there and it was at this location that he encountered the Cherokee tribe who led him to the Etowah Indian Mounds.

He met Ethan Allen in prison, but escaped on January 16, 1778, and rejoined the Continental Army.



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