Samuel Hardy (1758 - 1785)

Born 1758 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia

Ancestors

Died 17 Oct 1785 at about age 27 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

Samuel Hardy is Notable.

Born 1758 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Samuel was educated at Virginia's College of William and Mary, began the practice of law in 1778, and served in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1781. He was a member of the Continental Congress from Virginia from 1783 until 1785. ^[1]

On May 6, 1784, he voted against the resolution in the Congress restricting the salary of a foreign minister of the United States to $8,000, and on May 7 opposed the motion that the salary of a United States Secretary for Foreign Affairs should not exceed $3,000 per annum. In May 1784, he nominated Thomas Jefferson as minister plenipotentiary to Europe to assist John Adams and Benjamin Franklin in negotiating treaties of commerce; and in January 1785, was a member of a committee that reported on letters that had been received from United States ministers in Europe relative to a foreign loan. He served for a time Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. (need sources for info in this paragraph)

Hardy died October 17, 1785 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania while traveling to the Congress, and is buried in the Christ Church Burial Ground there. ^[2] He was a friend of Alexander Hamilton, who wrote a poetical tribute to his memory (need source).

Legacy

Hardy County, Virginia was named in his honor. The county is now part of West Virginia.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Old Free State, by Landon C. Bell, History of Lunenburg County and Southside Virginia. Page 219. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001874200
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7595308

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