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  1. Samuel Osgood (February 3, 1747 – August 12, 1813) was an American merchant and statesman born in Andover, Massachusetts, currently a part of North Andover, Massachusetts. His family home still stands at 440 Osgood Street in North Andover and his home in New York City, the Samuel Osgood House, served as the country's first Presidential mansion.

  2. Samuel Osgood was born in Andover, Massachusetts, February 3, 1748. He graduated from Harvard University and first experienced politics on a small scale, serving from 1774 to 1776 on the Massachusetts Provincial Congress and as a delegate to the Essex County Convention (Massachusetts).He earned more notoriety after a successful stretch with the ...

  3. SAMUEL OSGOOD Postmaster General September 26, 1789 to August 12, 1791 Samuel Osgood was the first Postmaster General to serve under the U.S. Constitution. He was born in Andover, Massachusetts , on February 3, 1748. After graduating from Harvard University in 1770, he served as a delegate to the Massachusetts Provincial Congress.

  4. The first Postmaster General of the new United States of America was Samuel Osgood. Postmasters General continued to be appointed by the President until 1971, In 1775, the Continental Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin Postmaster General (PMG).

  5. Sep 9, 2021 · Samuel Osgood is best known as the first Postmaster General, but he contributed much more than that to the American Founding. This includes his house, which ...

  6. www.digitalhistory.uh.edu › disp_textbookDigital History

    To create an efficient postal service--which was essential to promote economic development--Washington appointed Samuel Osgood (1748-1813), of Massachusetts, Postmaster General. Osgood, who had been a captain of a company of Minutemen at Lexington and Concord, had to carry out his tasks in a single room with two clerks.

  7. The papers of Samuel Osgood include correspondence, memoranda, abstracts, financial reports and statements, and related documents, 1775-1812, of U.S. statesman Samuel Osgood, many pertaining to finances, the public accounts and national debt, relations with France, banks, and supplies for the army.

  8. Samuel Osgood (February 3, 1747 – August 12, 1813) was an American merchant and statesman born in Andover, Massachusetts, currently a part of North Andover, Massachusetts.

  9. SAMUEL OSGOOD. New York Public Library 1. WASHINGTON HOME OVERVIEW: BORN: February 3, 1748, Andover, Massachusetts. EDUCATION: Harvard College. POLITICAL PARTY: Federalist. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Massachusetts Provincial Congress (1774-1776) Revolutionary Army (1776-1800) MA State Senate (1780, 1784) Member, Continental Congress (1781-1784) MA State House of Representatives (1784)

  10. therobinsonlibrary.com › america › unitedstatesSamuel Osgood

    Samuel Osgood. member of the Congress of the Confederation. Samuel Osgood was born in Andover, Massachusetts, on February 3, 1748. He graduated from Harvard College in 1770, served in the Essex County Convention in 1774, and was a member of the Provincial Congress.