Ebenezer Hazard was an American businessman and publisher.
13 Facts About Ebenezer Hazard
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Ebenezer Hazard served in a variety of political posts during and after the American Revolutionary War: as Postmaster of New York City; in 1776 as surveyor general of the Continental Post Office; United States Postmaster General where he served from 1782 to 1789.
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Ebenezer Hazard established a publishing business in New York City in 1770, but quit that business after five years.
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Ebenezer Hazard was appointed first postmaster of the city under the Continental Congress.
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Ebenezer Hazard was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1781 and was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society that same year.
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In 1782 Ebenezer Hazard succeeded Richard Bache as the United States Postmaster General, serving until 1789.
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Ebenezer Hazard established a system to transport mail by stagecoaches on main routes in order to increase capacity, displacing the old horse and rider system.
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Ebenezer Hazard did not keep President George Washington's favor, however; because during the Constitutional Convention, he had put a stop to the customary practice by which newspaper publishers were allowed to distribute copies by mail.
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Ebenezer Hazard helped to establish the Insurance Company of North America in that city.
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Ebenezer Hazard published at Philadelphia his two-volume Historical Collections; Consisting of State Papers, and Other Authentic Documents; Intended as Materials for an History of the United States of America.
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Ebenezer Hazard married Abigail Arthur in 1783, and they had two children.
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Ebenezer Hazard died at his home in Philadelphia on June 13,1817, and was interred at the Arch Street burying ground.
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Ebenezer Hazard's remains were later relocated to Laurel Hill Cemetery.