Hazard, Ebenezer (1744-1817)

Historical editor and postal official.

Surveyor general of the United States Post- Office (1777-82). Postmaster general of the United States (1782-89). Edited, Historical Collections (1792-94), two volumes of documents relating to colonial America.

Born in Philadelphia. Son of Samuel Hazard. Married in 1783 to Abigail Arthur.