EBENEZER  HAZARD,  Postmaster-General  of  the  United  States,
was  a  native  of  Philadelphia,  and  graduated  at  Princeton  College
in  1762.  In  1182,  he  succeeded  Mr.  Bache  as  Postmaster-General,
and  continued  in  office  until  the  adoption  of  the  Constitution,  in
1789.  He  died  in  Philadelphia  in  1817,  aged  seventy-two  years.
He  published  a  valuable  work  in  reference  to  American  history,
which  is  often  quoted,  namely,  "  Historical  Collections,"  two  vo-


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lumes,  quarto,  1792,  1794;  also  "  Remarks  on  a  Report  concerning
Western  Indians."

He  was  the  father  of  Samuel  Hazard  and  Erskinc  Hazard,  who
still  (1859)  survive  him.
WILLIAM  HEMBEL.
MR.  HEMBEL  was  bora  in  Philadelphia,  September  24th,  1764.
He  studied  medicine,  and  served  as  a  volunteer  in  the  medical
department  of  the  army,  in  Virginia,  during  a  portion  of  the  Revo-
lution ;  but,  owing  to  a  deafness,  which,  he  believed,  would  inca-
pacitate him  for  duty  as  a  practitioner,  refused  to  apply  for  the
diploma,  which  he  was  fully  qualified  to  receive.  He,  however,
practised  for  many  years  gratuitously  among  the  poor  of  the  city,
and  was,  in  other  respects,  conspicuous  for  benevolence.  His  favo-
rite branch  of  study  was  chemistry.  He  was  President  of  "  The
Academy  of  Natural  Sciences  of  Philadelphia"  until  a  short  time
previous  to  his  death ;  he  resigned,  in  consequence  of  advancing
infirmity,  in  December,  1849.  He  was,  also,  for  many  years,  an
active  member  of  "  The  Humane  Society  for  the  Recovery  of
Drowned  Persons."  He  died  on  the  12th  of  June,  1851,  in  the
eighty-seventh  year  of  his  age.
Mr.  Hembel  never  married.
ALEXANDER  HENRY.
BY    S.    AUSTIN    ALLIBONE.
ALEXANDER  HENRY  was  born  in  the  north  of  Ireland,  1763,  and
died  in  Philadelphia  1847.
