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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.

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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.

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



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