Rowland Gibson Hazard Papers (Mss. Gr. 9)

The Rowland Gibson Hazard Papers consist of a small group of letters as well as a number of miscellaneous items. The correspondence includes letters to and from Clark Bell, a personal friend; two letters from T. R. Lounsbury, a literary scholar; and a printed form letter soliciting contributions for the erection of a statue of Oliver Hazard Perry in Newport.

The papers also include several Babylonian cylinder seal impressions, a book of sales, an invoice and bill book, and a receipt for the purchase of a Blaskovitz map of the state of Rhode Island.

The University of Rhode Island also holds the papers of Rowland Hazard, Thomas Arnold Hazard and Caroline Hazard, forming a unique glimpse at this Rhode Island family of note. See also the Hazard Family Papers collection at the Rhode Island Historical Society Library.

Folders 7 and 8 contain records from Rowland Hazard (father of Rowland Gibson Hazard).