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Archives." While postmaster of New York city Mr. Hazard collected material for a book -which he published under the title oX Historical Collec- tions, consistiiif/ of State Fajjers and other Authentic Documents, Intended us Materials for a History of the United States (2 vols., 1792 and 1794). He assisted in preparing Gordon's History of the American War; Charles Thomson's translation of the Bible (4 vols., 8vo); and in the publication of Belknap's History of New Hampshire (2 vols.). He is the author of Historical Collections (2 vols., 1792-94); Remarks on a Report Concerning Western Indians; aind Life of Rev. Dr. Samuel Finley, Presi- dent of Princeton College (1790). The Massachu- setts historical society secured his extensive collection of autographs and published his corre- spondence with Jeremy Belknap. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., June 13, 1817.

HAZARD, Jonathan J., delegate, was born in Newport, R.I., in 1728; a descendant in the 5th generation of Thomas Hazard, an original pro- prietor of the Island of Aquidneck and a founder of Newport, R.I. He was an early advocate of separation from the mother country and in 1776 was a member of the general assembly of Rliode Island. In 1777 he was elected paymaster in the Continental battalion from Rhode Island and joined General Washington's army in New Jer- sey. In 1778 he was re-elected to the general assembly and was made one of the council of war. He continued as a member of the a.ssembly by semi-annual re-election througliout the con- tinuance of the war; was a leader of the paper money party in 1786, and was a delegate to the Continental congress, 1787-89. He was an Anti- Federalist and opposed the adoption of the Federal constitution before the state convention at South Kingstown, March, 1790, defeating the measure by a majorit}^ of seventeen. In the following May at the convention held at Newport lie with- drew his opposition and the constitution was adopted by a majority of one. He was a member of the general assembly of Rhode Island, 1790- 1805. He removed in 1805 to New York state and purchased a valuable estate in the Friends" set- tlement at City Hill, where he died in 1812.

HAZARD, Rowland, manufacturer, was born in Newport, R.I., Aug. 16, 1829: son of Rowland Gibson and Caroline (Newbold) grandson of Rowland and Marj^ (Peace), great grandson of Thomas, great^ grandson of Robert, great^ grandson of Thomas, great* grand.son of Robert, and great^ grandson of Thomas Hazard, an original proprietor of the island of Aquidneck and a founder of Newport, R.I. His father was born near Peace Dale, R.I., and resided there after 1833. Rowland attended the Friends' college, Haverford, Pa., for one year and was graduated at Brown in 1849, having won the first University

premium in mathematics, second in mechanical I^hilosophy, the Jackson premium in intellectual philosophy, and the first University premium in astronomy. In 1851, after a year in foreign travel, he engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods with his father and in 1866, with his brother, John Newbold, succeeded to the busi- ness. In 1872 he planned the large worsted mill built that year, and introduced into the Peace Dale mills the system of profit sharing, after visiting and studying the Rochedale, England, co- operation establishment. In 1875 he became owner of the Mine La Motte lead mine, including 24,000 acres of land in Missouri. He was presi-* dent of the Washington County agricultural society from its organization in 1876 until his death. He was a state representative in 1863-64, state senator, 1867-69; Independent candidate for governor of the state, 1875, but was not elected although receiving a plurality of the votes cast. He introduced the manufacture of soda bj- the ammonia process into the United States, organ- ized the Solvay Process Company at Syracuse, N.Y., and was its president, 1881-98. He was a trustee of Brown university, 1875-89; a fellow, 1889-98; a director of the Nai-ragansett library as.sociation; a corporate member of the A.B.C. F.M.; a member of the American academy of political and social science; a trustee of the Butler hospital for the insane, of the Phillips Andover academj', and of the Y.M.C.A. of Prov- idence; president of the R.I. Congregational home missionary society, of the board of trustees of the South Kingstown high school, and president and treasurer of the Peace Dale manufacturing company, 1864-98. He was married, March 29, 1854, to Margaret Anna, daughter of the Rev. Aaron and Alida Gouverneur (Ogden) Rood. She died, Aug. 7, 1895. Their children were: Rowland Gibson, Caroline, Frederick Rowland, Helen, wife of Nathaniel Terry Bacon, and Mar- garet, wife of Prof. Irving Fisher. He built at a cost of §25,000 the stone edifice for the Second Congregational church of South Kingstown, R.I.,

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in 1872, which he enlarged by adding Margaret Chapel in memory of his wife in 1895. He was a founder of the Peace Dale public library in