HAZARD
HAZARD
ten years as a member of a class of twenty young
women, conducted by Prof. Jeremiah Lewis
Diman. D.D., of Brown university, where she
was trained in literature, history and jiolitical
economy. She was elected jiresident of the board
of trustees of t lie South Kinjrstown high school;
maintained a kindergarten in Peace Dale: was
president of a Kings Daughters circle in Peace
Dale and l)ecame a member of the Society of
Colonial Dames. She also assisted in organizing
the Xarragansett choral society in 1889, and
instituted free Sunday afternoon concerts held
for one hour every Sunday in the Hazard Memo-
rial building. Peace Dale. Tiiis building was
erected as a memorial to her grandfather, Row-
land Gibson Hazard. During her tour of the Old
World. 18TG-77, she added to her knowledge of
political economy, art and literature. In 1899
she was elected president of Wellesley college,
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WELLESLEY COLLEOE.
Wellesley, Mass., as successor to Mrs. Julia J. Irvine. She was elected a member of the Rhode Island historical society and of the New England historic, genealogical society, and in October, 1899, a corporate member of the A.B.C.F.M. The University of Michigan conferred upon her the degree of M.A. and Brown imiversitj- the degree of Litt.D. in 1899. She published: Me- moirs of Prof. J. Leicis Diman (1886); Collpfje Tom: A Study of Life in Xarrayansett in the Eight- eenth Century, hy His Grandson's Granddaughter (1893); Xarragansett Ballads, icith Songs and Lyrics (1894); and The Xarragansett Friends' Meeting in the Eighteenth Century (1899). She also edited the pliilosophical works of her grandfather, Rowland Gibsfjn Hazard, publi.shed in 4 vols. (1889); and contributed to the magazines.
HAZARD, Ebenezer, postma.ster-general, was born in Piiiladflidiiu, Pa., Jan. 15, 1744; son of
Samuel and (Clarkson) Hazard; and
grandson of Matthew and Cornelia (de Peyster) Clarkson. His ancestor, Thomas Hazard, emi- grated from Wales and settled on Long Island. His father was one of the original trustees of the College of New Jersey. 174H-.")7, and projector of a scheme for the colonization of the Indians. El)enezer attended thesclioolof the Rev. Dr. Sam- uel Finley at Nottingham, Md., and was gradu-
ated from the College of New Jersey, A.B., 1762,
A.M., no.'). He enlisted on board a privateer in
November, 1762, but in the following month was
wrecked off Martinique and shipped on H.M.S.
Snirhi, rough, cruising in the West Indies until
June, 1764. He sailed for England and in 1765
received his di.scharge
and returned home.
He settled in New
York city in 1767
and engaged in the
book business with
Garret Noel, becom-
ing a partner in the
firm of Noel & Haz-
ard in 1770, which
partnership was dis-
solved in April, 1774.
He was appointed
first postmaster of
New York by the
Continental congress,
Oct. 5, 1775; was
ordered to Dobbs Ferry by the committee of
public safetj', Aug. 30, 1776, and in this neighbor-
hood he conducted the New York post-office until
the evacuation of the city by the British army in
November, 1783. He was surveyor of the post
roads and post-offices throughout the country,
travelling in this service on horseback between
New Hampshire and Georgia, 1777-82. He was
appointed postmaster-general of the United
States, Jan. 28, 1782, to succeed Richard Bache,
being the third to fill this office, and retained
the position till Sept. 29, 1789. He removed to
Philadelphia in 1791 and was one of the founders
and secretary of the Universal Tontine as.socia-
tion from March, 1792, till Nov. 19, 1792, and
upon the changing of the original objects of the
association and its conversion into a society
called the Insurance company of North America,
he retained the office of secretary until Jan. 13,
1800, when he resigned. He was a trustee of
the Second Presln-terian church, 1784-1817; was
trustee of the General assembly; curator of the
American philosophical .society; corresponding
member of the ^lassachusetts historical society;
member of the New York historical society, and
a fellow of the American academj- of natural
sciences. He was manager of the Schuylkill
and Penn.sylvania bridge company; of the Dela-
ware and Schuylkill canal company; of the
Philadeljihia dispen.sary, and a member of the
Guardians of the Poor and of the Board of Mis-
sions. He was married, Sept. 11, 1783, in Shrews-
bury, N.J., to Abigal, daughter of Joseph and
Jane (Chevalier) Arthur of Nantucket, Mass.
His son Samuel is the compiler of *' The Colonial
Records of Pennsylvania " and " Pennsylvania
