Bio contributed by: Mary
Elias Boudinot Caldwell was born in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. He was about two years old when his mother Hannah was killed. He was adopted by his father's friend, Elias Boudinot, for whom he was named. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton) and studied law with Elias Boudinot until his move to the District of Columbia in 1800. In 1800, at the age of 24, he was appointed Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States. He also served in the War of 1812 and was a Captain in the 2nd Regiment Cavalry (Tayloe's) District of Columbia Militia. He was an organizer, along with Francis Scott Key, in the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Color in the United States, and served as its secretary. At his death on May 30,1825, in Washington, District of Columbia, the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, County of Washington, and all of its Judges, Members of the Bar, and Officers of the court resolved to attend his funeral, and all were ordered, by resolution of the Court, to wear crape on the left arm for the space of thirty days, as a mark of respect for him.
Elias Boudinot Caldwell was born in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. He was about two years old when his mother Hannah was killed. He was adopted by his father's friend, Elias Boudinot, for whom he was named. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton) and studied law with Elias Boudinot until his move to the District of Columbia in 1800. In 1800, at the age of 24, he was appointed Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States. He also served in the War of 1812 and was a Captain in the 2nd Regiment Cavalry (Tayloe's) District of Columbia Militia. He was an organizer, along with Francis Scott Key, in the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Color in the United States, and served as its secretary. At his death on May 30,1825, in Washington, District of Columbia, the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, County of Washington, and all of its Judges, Members of the Bar, and Officers of the court resolved to attend his funeral, and all were ordered, by resolution of the Court, to wear crape on the left arm for the space of thirty days, as a mark of respect for him.
Bio contributed by: Mary
Elias Boudinot Caldwell was born in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. He was about two years old when his mother Hannah was killed. He was adopted by his father's friend, Elias Boudinot, for whom he was named. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton) and studied law with Elias Boudinot until his move to the District of Columbia in 1800. In 1800, at the age of 24, he was appointed Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States. He also served in the War of 1812 and was a Captain in the 2nd Regiment Cavalry (Tayloe's) District of Columbia Militia. He was an organizer, along with Francis Scott Key, in the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Color in the United States, and served as its secretary. At his death on May 30,1825, in Washington, District of Columbia, the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, County of Washington, and all of its Judges, Members of the Bar, and Officers of the court resolved to attend his funeral, and all were ordered, by resolution of the Court, to wear crape on the left arm for the space of thirty days, as a mark of respect for him.
Elias Boudinot Caldwell was born in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. He was about two years old when his mother Hannah was killed. He was adopted by his father's friend, Elias Boudinot, for whom he was named. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton) and studied law with Elias Boudinot until his move to the District of Columbia in 1800. In 1800, at the age of 24, he was appointed Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States. He also served in the War of 1812 and was a Captain in the 2nd Regiment Cavalry (Tayloe's) District of Columbia Militia. He was an organizer, along with Francis Scott Key, in the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Color in the United States, and served as its secretary. At his death on May 30,1825, in Washington, District of Columbia, the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, County of Washington, and all of its Judges, Members of the Bar, and Officers of the court resolved to attend his funeral, and all were ordered, by resolution of the Court, to wear crape on the left arm for the space of thirty days, as a mark of respect for him.
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