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Jun 15, 2024 · His brother Samuel Osgood held powerful positions at the national level: delegate to the Continental Congress, first Postmaster General of the U.S., and Commissioner of the Treasury. Several locations in North Andover, including Osgood Street, Osgood Hill, Osgood Landing, and Osgood Pond still carry the family name.
Jun 14, 2024 · From April 23, 1789, to February 23, 1790, George Washington lived in the Samuel Osgood House, located at 1 Cherry Street, making it our nation’s first presidential mansion.
Jun 18, 2024 · Upon his death, his widow Maria Bowne Franklin became the second wife to Samuel Osgood (a merchant and statesman and postmaster general during George Washington’s first term).
1 day ago · Washington appointed Edmund Randolph as Attorney General, Samuel Osgood as Postmaster General, Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State, Henry Knox as Secretary of War, and Alexander Hamilton as Secretary of the Treasury. Washington's cabinet became a consulting and advisory body, not mandated by the Constitution.
4 days ago · When Pres. George Washington appointed Samuel Osgood of Massachusetts postmaster general of the United States, the Post Office was a bureau of the Treasury Department. At the outset there were only 76 post offices and less than 2,400 miles (3,900 km) of post roads.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
5 days ago · About Hannah Eaton Abbott. Hannah Osgood was born in Andover, MA, 28 June 1704, the daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Dane) Osgood. She was married on 30 Nov. 1730 to widower Jeremiah Eaton (1698-1754), and lived for the next several years in Haverhiill, Massachusetts. About 1750, they moved to Hampstead, NH where Jeremiah died in 1754.
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