Ebenezer Hazard | |
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| 3rd United States Postmaster General | |
| In office January 28, 1782 – September 26, 1789 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Bache |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Osgood |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 15, 1744 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America |
| Died | June 13, 1817 (aged 73) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Resting place | Laurel Hill Cemetery |
| Spouse |
Abigail Arthur (m. 1783) |
| Education | Princeton University (BA) |
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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.