AN EARLY 1794 SAMPLER BY ELIZABETH BREESE HAZARD (AMERICAN 1786-1861), ALPHABET EMBROIDERY

AN EARLY 1794 SAMPLER BY ELIZABETH BREESE HAZARD (AMERICAN 1786-1861), ALPHABET EMBROIDERY English Alphabet, 1794 embroidery 26.8 x 21.5 cm (10 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.) signed and dated along lower edge PROVENANCECollection of the Descendants of Ebenezer and Abigal Hazard (Hazzard)Thence by descentLOT NOTESEbenezer Hazard (1744-1817) was the Postmaster of New York City during the Revolutionary War, the Surveyor General of the Continental Post Office, and the United States Postmaster General from 1782 to 1789.