Ebenezer Hazard letters, 1785-1794.

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Ebenezer Hazard letters, 1785-1794.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/767571612

This collection contains letters concerning Ebenezer Hazard, spanning from his service as surveyor general of the Continental Post Office through his involvement with the Insurance Company of North America in Philadelphia. These letters offer insight into Hazard's personal and business dealings and reveal the political climate in which he worked.

12 items.

William L. Clements Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8175919

William L. Clements Library

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Breese, Samuel, 1737-1800.

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Ebenezer Hazard was born in Philadelphia in 1744 to Catherine Clarkson and Samuel Hazard. He set up a publishing and bookselling company in New York City in 1770, but left this business in 1775 to become the postmaster general of New York. In 1776, he was promoted to surveyor general of the Continental Post Office and appointed postmaster general by the Continental Congress in 1782, in which capacity he served until 1789. He returned to Philadelphia in 1790, where he co-founded the ...

Hazard, Ebenezer, 1744-1817

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Breese, Elizabeth Butler

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United States. Continental Congress

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The central governing body of the American colonies from 1774, continuing during the American Revolution; and also the first governing body of the U.S. until the establishment of the U.S. Constitution in 1789. From the description of Continental Congress minutes, 1778 Oct. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 429918299 Noah Cooke, Jr. (1749-1829) earned his Harvard AB 1769. His early career was as a clergyman, but he later became a lawyer. He was admitted to the bar in Cheshir...