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78 in that town Dr. Hardenbergh took an active part in the controversy that resulted in securing the separation of the Dutch church in this coun- try from that in Holland.

HARDEY, Mary Aloysia, mother superior, b. in Prince George county, Md., in 1809 ; d. in Paris, France, 17 June, 1886. Her parents emi- grated to Louisiana in 1814, and some years after- ward she was placed in the Academy of Grand Coteau, conducted by sisters of the Sacred Heart. She was admitted to the order as a novice in 1816, and on the day after her reception went with her superior to found the convent of St. Michael's on the banks of the Mississippi, sixty miles from New Orleans. She finally became its superior, but during the cholera epidemic of 1832 saw nearly her whole community swept away. In May, 1841, at the request of Bishop Hughes she came to New York and opened the first school of the Sacred Heart in a small house in Houston street, which soon was filled to overflowing. She was obliged to open a larger place in Astoria ; but this also soon became too small, and in 1847 Mother Hardey suc- ceeded in purchasing the present site of the Acad- emy of the Sacred Heart at Manhattanville. She established academies in Albany, Rochester, Cin- cinnati, Philadelphia, Boston, Providence, Detroit, Halifax, and Montreal, as well as two additional day-academies in New York city. On 29 Sept., 1872, she was appointed assistant-general of the Society of the Sacred Heart, and went to live in the mother house in Paris, where she resided un- til her death. Mother Hardey's influence was not confined to this country. In all matters affecting the general interests of the order her voice was all- powerful; and the increase of the schools of the Sacred Heart, not only in Europe but in Austra- lia and New Zealand, was due principally to her ad- ministrative ability and energy.

HARDIE, James, teacher, b. in Scotland about 1750; d. in New York city in 1832. He was a graduate of Marischal college, Aberdeen, and was an inmate of the family of the poet Beattie, who persuaded him to remove to New York. He was tutor in Columbia college from 1787 till 1790, but became poor and dissipated, finally obtaining a scanty support in the employ of the board of health. His published works are " Corderii Collo- quia " (New ork, 1805) ; " Epistolary Guide," for the use of schools (1817) ; "Freeman's Monitor" (1818); "Account of Malignant Fevers in New York" (1799 and 1805); "Viris Illustribus Urbis Romae " (1818) ; " Dictionary of the Wonders of Art and of Nature, especially in America " (1819) ; "Account of the Yellow Fever in New York" (1822); "Description of the City of New York" (1827) ; and " Biographical Dictionary " (1830).

HARDIE, James Allen, soldier, b. in New York city, 5 May, 1823 ; d. in Washington, D. C, 5 May, 1876. He was graduated at the U. S. mili- tary academy in 1843, and entered the artillery service. He was an assistant professor of geogra- phy, history, and ethics at West Point in 1844-'6, and served as company officer in garrison, frontier, and Indian service till 1861. During the Mexican war he commanded a New York regiment of vol- unteers, with the rank of major, and in 1857 he was appointed captain in the 3d artillery. He was transferred to the 5th artillery in 1861, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel and aide-de-camp, and served on Gen. McClellan's staff during the penin- sular and Maryland campaigns, and on that of Gen. Burnside in the battles around Fredericks- burg. He was made brigadier-general of volun- teers, 29 Nov., 1862, assistant adjutant-general in 1863, assigned to special duty in the war depart- ment, and was assistant secretary to Sec. Edwin M. Stanton while he held office. Gen. Hardie was ap- pointed inspector-general in 1864, and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier- and major-general, U. S. army, for his services during the war. In 1866 he was senior member of the commission to inspect ord- nance and ordnance stores in forts and arsenals, and commissioner to audit the military claims of Kansas, Montana, Dakota, California, and Oregon. He edited numerous military reports.

HARDIN, Charles Henry, governor of Missouri, b. in Trimble county, Ky., 15 July, 1820. His father removed to Missouri in the autumn of 1820, and in 1821 settled in Columbia, Boone co. The son was graduated at Miami university, Ohio, in 1841, and began the practice of law in Fulton, Mo., in 1843. He was attorney of the 3d judicial district in 1848-'52, and has been several times a member of each branch of the legislature. In 1855 he was one of a commission to revise and codify the statute laws of the state. He voted against the secession of the state, and in 1862 retired to his farm near Mexico, Mo., where, after the war, he resumed the practice of law. In 1874 he was elected governor of Missouri. Gov. Hardin en- dowed Hardin female college, near Mexico, Mo., in 1873, with property valued at over $60,000. He has since been president of its board of direct- ors, and has given much of his attention, as a public man, to the cause of education.

HARDIN, John, soldier, b. in Fauquier county, Va., 1 Oct., 1753; d. on Ohio river in April, 1792. His father removed when John was twelve years of age to an unbroken wilderness near the Pennsylvania line, where he became so skilful a marksman that he was greatly feared by the hostile Indians. He was ensign in Lord Dunmore's expedition against the Indians in 1774, and served as a scout. At the beginning of the Revolution he joined the Continental army as lieutenant in Gen. Daniel Morgan's rifle corps, and refused a major's commission, saying that he could do his country more good in the capacity in which he was serving. He removed to Kentucky in 1786, and in the same year volunteered under Gen. Elisha Clarke on the Wabash expedition, and was appointed lieutenant-colonel of militia. He was in every expedition against the Kentucky Indians from 1787 until his death, except that of Gen. Arthur St. Clair. In April, 1792, he was sent by Gen. James Wilkinson with overtures of peace to the Miami Indians, and while he was bearing a flag of truce near Shawnee-town, his fine horse and equipments attracted the cupidity of the chiefs, who treacherously shot him to obtain these spoils. The county of Hardin, which was formed in 1792, was named in his honor.— John's son, Martin D., lawyer, b. on Monongahela river, Pa., 21 June, 1780; d. in Frankfort, Ky., 8 Oct., 1823, was educated in the Transylvania academy, Ky., where he removed with his father at six years of age. He studied law, practised in Franklin county, served several terms in the legislature, and in 1812 was secretary of the state. When war was declared with Great Britain he joined the northwestern division of the army under Gen. Harrison, and was promoted major of the Kentucky regiment of volunteers. In 1816 he was elected to the U. S. senate as a Democrat to fill the unexpired term of William T. Barry, who had resigned. He was distinguished for legal knowledge and ability, and practised his profession with marked success. He published " Reports of Cases in the Kentucky Court of Appeals " (Louisville, 1810). — John's nephew, Benjamin, statesman, b. in West-