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the charter for Queen's college to be located at New Bruusvvick, N.J. The consuinination of his hopes was delaj'e;! by the occupation of that place by the British army, but in 17S5 the plan was carried out and he was elected the first president liolding the office until his death. He was a trustee of the college, 1770-90, and secre- tary, 1770-8"3. In addition to his duties as head of the new institution and its chief instructor, he

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was pastor of the Dutch Reformed church there. He took up his residence in New Brunswick in April, 178G. In the councils of the church he was an active advocate of separation from the Amsterdam classis and helped largely to secure the establishment of the Dutch Reformed church in America. He received the honorary degree of A.M. in 1770, and that of D.D. in 1771. from the College of New Jersey, and that of S.T.D. in 1789 from Columbia. He died in New Brunswick, N.J., Oct. m, 1790.

HARDENBERGH, Jacob Rutsen, lawyer, was born in Somerville, N.J., June 19, 1767; son of the Rev. Dr. Jacob Rutsen and Dina (Van Bergh) Frelinghuysen Hardenbergh. He was the first in the ancestral line who could speak the English language as fluently as that of Holland. His father was the last pastor of the church at New Brunswick to preach in the Dutch language. He was gi'aduated at Queens (afterward Rut- gers) college in 1788, and received his A.M. de- gree in 1791, in which year he was also admitted to practise law. He was the first president of the Bank of New Brunswick, chartered in 1807; a ruling elder in the First Reformed Dutch church, a trustee of Queens (afterward Rutgers) college, 1792-1841; and secretary of the board of trustees, 1795-1800. He owned extensive powder mills at Spottswood. N.J.. and mills for the manufacture of mahogany veneering, which wood he imported. He inherited a large tract of land in the Hardenbergii i)atent but being unable to collect the rents peaceably he forsook the claim. His children neglected to re-enter, and his grandchildren were debarred by the peace- able possession by the squatters for over sixty

years. He was a member of the synod of 1825- tliat changed the name of Queens college to Rut- gers in honor of Col. Henry Rutgers of New York. He was married Oct. 26, 1789, to Mary Margaret, daughter of Cornelius and Catherine (Hude) Lowe, and their children M-ere: Cornelius Low, Jacob Rutsen, Catherine Low, John, Dinali Maria, James Hude, Lewis Dunliam, Frederick Frelinghuysen, Joanna (who married the Rev. Dr. Ransford Welles), and Theodore Freliughuyseu.. He die<l in New Brunswick, N.J., Feb. 13, 1841.

HARDENBERGH, James Bruyn, clergyman, was born in Rochester, Ulster county, N.Y., June 28, 1800; son of Nicholas and Maria (Bruyn), grandson of Abraham and Mary (Schoonmaker) tind great-grandson of Maj. Johannes and Cath- erine (Rutsen) Hardenbergh. He was graduated at Union college, New York, in 1821 and at New Brunswick theological seminary in 1825. He was pastor of Dutch Reformed churches at New Brunswick, N.J., Orchard Street, New York city, Rhinebeck, N.Y., Philadelphia, Pa., and Frank- lin Street, New York city, 1825-70., He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Rutgers col- lege and was a trustee, 1825-70. He died in New York city, Jan. 22, 1870.

HARDEV, Mary Aloysi^, educator, was born in Prince George county, Md., in 1809. She was taken by her parents to Louisiana in 1814 where they made their home, and she was educated at the Academy of the Sacred Heart, Grand Coteau, La. She was admitted to the convent as a novice in 1816, helped to found the Convent and Acad- emy of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, St. Michael's, La., and was supei'ior tliere. The cholera epi- demic of 1832 swept her colony almost totally away. In 1841, at the request of Bishop Hughes, she established the first school of the Sacred Heart in New York city, and removed in 1847 to Manliattanville, N. Y. She also established acad • amies in Albany, Rochester, Cincinnati, Philadel- phia, Boston, Providence, Detroit, Halifax and I\Iontreal. She was promoted assistant-general of the Society of the Sacred Heart, Sei)t. 29, 1872, and her work extended throughout Europe and to Australia and New Zealand. She died in Paris, France, June 17, 1SS6.

HARDIE, James Allen, soldier, was born in New York city, May 5, 1823. He was graduated at the U.S. military academy in 1843; was a.ssistant professor of geogi'aphy, history and ethics there, 1844-46, and on frontier duty, 1846-61. In the Mexican war he commanded a New York volun- teer regiment, was made cajitain of the 3d artillery in 1857 and lieutenant-colonel of the 5th artillery in 1861. He served as aide-decamp on the staff of Genei'al McClellan, and also on that of Gen- eral Bumside. He was judge advocate-general on the staff of General Hooker when that officer