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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, 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