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Rh HASLETT, John, soldier, b. in Ireland; killed in Princeton, N. J., 3 Jan., 1777. He studied first theology and subsequently medicine, and practised successfully in Kent and Sussex counties, Del. He was repeatedly in the state assembly, served during the Revolutionary war, and was in the actions of Long Island and White Plains, where he surprised a picket of Roger's rangers, taking thirty-six prisoners, a pair of colors, and sixty muskets. He was killed at the battle of Princeton, and was colonel of the Delaware regiment at the time of his death. — His son, Joseph, d. in July, 1823, was governor of Delaware in 1811, 1814, and 1823.

HASLETT, John, surgeon, b. in Charleston, S. C, in December, 1799; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., 28 Sept., 1878. He was graduated at Harvard in 1819, and in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 1822. He entered the U. S. navy as a surgeon in the same year and continued in service, reaching the rank of fleet-surgeon, until 1841, when he resigned. On the establishment of the Brooklyn city hospital, Dr. Haslett became its vice-president, and practically its head. On the death in 1853 of its first president, Dr. Haslett succeeded him, and continued to discharge the duties of his office until shortly before his death. Dr. Haslett was for many years a member of the board of management of the Packer collegiate institute.

HASSARD, John Rose Greene, journalist, b. in New York city, 4 Sept., 1836; d. there, 18 April, 1888. He was graduated at St. John's college. New York, in 1855, and in 1857-'63 was assistant editor of the '"New American Cyclopaedia." He became editor of the "Catholic World" in 1865, and in 1866 was attached to the New York "Tribune" as editorial writer. From 1867 till 1883 he also wrote the musical criticisms for that journal, and on the death of George Ripley became its literary critic. In 1878 several hundred telegraphic despatches in cipher, relating to the disputed presidential election of 1876, came into the possession of the "Tribune," and after much curious study were translated by Mr. Hassard and Col. William M. Grosvenor, of that paper. The publication of these telegrams, showing negotiations with the returning-boards of two states to purchase the electoral votes of those states for the Democratic candidate, caused much excitement, and the plot was investigated by a committee of the U. S. house of representatives. Mr. Hassard published "Life of Archbishop Hughes" (New York. 1866); "The Ring of the Xibelung" (1877); "Life of Pius IX." (1878); "History of the United States " for schools (1878) ; and " A Pickwickian Pilgrimage" (Boston, 1881).

HASSARD, Samuel, clergyman, b. in Jamaica, West Indies, 21 Jan., 1806; d. in Great Barrington, Mass.. 13 Jan.. 1847. He came to the United States in 1812. studied in the academy at Westerly, R. I., was graduated at Yale in 1826, and engaged in literary pursuits in New Haven. He was ad- mitted to deacon's orders by Bishop Brownell, of Connecticut, in 1835, ordained priest by Bishop Griswold, and became rector of St. Thomas s church, Taunton, Mass. After a' service of three years he resigned this charge, and in 1839 became rector of St. James's church, Great Barrington, where he continued until his death. He was largely instrumental in promoting the growth of the Protestant Episcopal church in New England. A volume of his sermons was published after his death, with a memoir by Henry W. Lee (Boston).

HASSAUREK, Friedrich, journalist, b. in Vienna, Austria, 9 Oct., 1832; d. in Paris, France, 3 Oct., 1885. He served in the student legion in

the German revolution of 1848, and was twice wounded. He came to the United States in 1848, settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, and engaged in journalism, politics, and the practice of law. He was U. S. minister to Ecuador in 1861-'5, and during the latter year became editor of the Cincinnati &ldquo;Volksblatt.&rdquo; He published &ldquo;Four Years among the Spanish-Americans&rdquo; (New York, 1868).

HASSELQUIST, Toovay Nelsson, clergyman, b. in Hasslared, Sweden, 2 March, 1816. His parents were peasants. The son was graduated at the College of Kristianstad in 1835, studied theology at the University of Lund, and was ordained to the Lutheran ministry in 1839. After occupying the office of assistant pastor in various parishes he left his native country in 1852, and settled in Galesburg, Ill., where he has ever since been an active laborer in aid of the educational and religious interests of his countrymen. He was called in 1863 to the presidency of the Swedish seminary at Paxton, which was removed in 1875 to Rock Island, 111., under the title of Augustana college and theological seminary. Under the presidency of Dr. Hasselquist these have become second to none of the Lutheran institutions in the country. He was one of the founders of the Scandinavian Augustana synod and its presiding officer in 1860-'70, and has held many offices of honor and trust in his own synod and in the general council. In the interest of Swedish immigrants Dr. Hasselquist travels extensively every year through (he western states, and in 1870 he returned to his native country for the same purpose. In 1855 he founded at Chicago a religio-political periodical called " Hem- landet det Gamla och det Nya," of which he still (1887) has charge, and since 1856 he has edited a religious periodical, published in Rock Island, Ill., at first under the title "Ratta Hemlandet," but several years ago changed to "Augustana och Missionaren." Muhlenberg college, Allentown, Pa., gave him the degree of D. D. in 1870. He has published various addresses and sermons.

HASSLER, Ferdinand Rudolph, surveyor, b. in Aarau, Switzerland, 6 Oct., 1770: d. in Philadelphia, Pa., 20 Nov., 1843. He received a scientific education in Europe, and was for some time connected with the trigonometrical survey of Switzerland. Subsequently he emigrated to the United States, and through the influence of Albert Gallatin secured an appointment at the U. S. military academy as acting professor of mathematics, which he held in 1807-'10, and in 1810-'11 he served in a similar capacity in Union college. He was then selected to direct the U. S. coast survey, and sent on a mission to France and England to procure instruments and standards of measurement. He was detained in England as an alien enemy till 1815, and