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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.
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 ...
Also known as the Walter Franklin House, it was an eighteenth-century mansion at the northeast corner of what was Pearl and Cherry (today Dover) streets in what is now Civic Center, Manhattan, New York City. 1770. The owner, Samuel Osgood, was a Massachusetts politician and lawyer, who settled in New York City.
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.
Samuel Osgood (February 3, 1747 – August 12, 1813) was an American merchant and statesman from Andover, Massachusetts. He served in the Massachusetts and New York state legislatures, represented Massachusetts in the Continental Congress and was the first Postmaster General under the United States Constitution .
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 ...
Samuel Osgood died on 12 August 1813 at home (3 Cherry Street) in New York City. He is buried in the Brick Presbyterian Church Cemetery. The church is located at what is now the corner of Fifth Avenue and Thirty-Seventh Street, in Manhattan.
