- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Harriet Ruggles Gold Boudinot, Gordon County, Georgia]
- Date of Original:
- 1800/1994
- Subject:
- Women--Georgia--Gordon County
Portraits--Georgia--Gordon County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Gordon County, 34.50336, -84.87575
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Harriet Ruggles Gold Boudinot (1805-1836) was the daughter of Col. and Mrs. Benjamin Gold of Cornwall, Conn. She married Elias Boudinot, a Cherokee leader. They lived at New Echota which is located northeast of Calhoun. In 1825 it was designated the capital of the Cherokee Nation. Mrs. Boudinot died before the Cherokee Indians were removed to the West and is buried at New Echota. She was involved, as was her husband, in missionary work.
2003/06/25: Elias Boudinot was editor of the Cherokee Phoenix, a leader of the Treaty Party, and signer of the Treaty of New Echota. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_gor374
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:gor374
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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