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Ebenezer Hazard
3rd United States Postmaster General
In office
January 28, 1782 – September 26, 1789
Preceded byRichard Bache
Succeeded bySamuel Osgood
Personal details
Born(1744-01-15)January 15, 1744
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America
DiedJune 13, 1817(1817-06-13) (aged 73)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting placeLaurel Hill Cemetery
Spouse
Abigail Arthur
(m. 1783)
EducationPrinceton University (BA)
SignatureEbenezer Hazard

Ebenezer Hazard (January 15, 1744 – June 13, 1817) was an American businessman and publisher. He 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.

In 1792, he published the first English translation of A Short Account of the Mohawk Indians, their Country, Language, Figure, Costume, Religion, and Government (1644), compiled from letters written by Dutch minister Johannes Megapolensis to friends about his years of ministry near present-day Albany, New York.

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