ELIAS BOUDINOT (1740-1821). 10th President of the Continental Congress (1782-1783); a Founding Father; Member of the Continental Congres who served in the First Congress of 1789; Signed the “Treaty of Paris” with Great Britain ending the Revolutionary War; Member of the Committee on Correspondence; New Jersey Provincial Congress; Commissary-General of Prisoners; in 1795 Appointed Third Director of the United States Mint by George Washington; founded the American Bible Society and began “Thanksgiving” in America as a National Holiday.
December 16, 1790, Newark (New Jersey) First Presbyterian Church in Newark, Signed “E Boudinot” as Church president, Private Four Pence Small Change Note, Newman page 266, Wait 1410, PCGS graded Very Fine-25. This Church money series was printed by Kollock and is clearly Signed in brown ink by Elias Boudinot. This note is superior to most we have seen and the signature is especially strong and well formed. The holder notes edges trimmed (all are... this one in a wavy fashion). Worthy of a premium being an excellent representative of the series with a very clear strong signature.
An American Revolutionary War era Statesman, Elias Boudinot was a close friend of George Washington, and was a tireless supporter of the Revolution and the fledgling Federal government. Despite not signing the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution or the Articles of Confederation, he is one of the more important political figures from the American Revolutionary Era.

Elias Boudinot was a member of the New Jersey Committee on Correspondence (1774-1775) and the New Jersey Provincial Congress (1775).

In 1777 during the Revolutionary War he was appointed Commissary-General of Prisoners. He was a Member of the Continental Congress (1777-1788 and 1781-1784) and its President (1782-1783). Boudinot Signed the “Treaty of Paris” with Great Britain to end the Revolutionary War.

He served in first Congress of 1789; and in 1795 was made the Third Director of the United States Mint. From 1816 to 1821 served as the First President of the American Bible Society.