Later Career
In his later years, Boudinot invested and speculated in land. He owned large tracts in Ohio including most of Green Township in what is now the western suburbs of Cincinnati. At his death, he willed 13,000 acres (53 km2) to the city of Philadelphia for parks and city needs.
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