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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsSamuel OSGOOD
(1748-1813)
OSGOOD, Samuel, a Delegate
from Massachusetts; born in Andover, Essex County, Mass., February
3, 1748; was graduated from Harvard College in 1770; studied
theology; engaged in mercantile pursuits; delegate to the Essex
County convention in 1774; member of the Provincial Congress;
entered the Revolutionary Army as captain and left the service as
colonel and assistant quartermaster; Member of the Continental
Congress 1781-1784; member of the state senate, 1780; member of the
state house of representatives in 1784; a commissioner of the
United States Treasury 1785-1789; Postmaster General in the
administration of President Washington 1789-1791; moved to New York
City; member of the state assembly 1800-1803; Supervisor of
Internal Revenue for the District of New York; appointed naval
officer at the port of New York May 10, 1803, and served until his
death, August 12, 1813; interment in the Brick Presbyterian Church,
Nassau and Beekman Streets (now Fifth Avenue and Thirty-seventh
Street), New York City.
Bibliography
Osgood, Samuel. The House of Many Mansions: A Sermon, Preached
on Sunday, June 5, 1859, in the Church of the Messiah. New
York: Printed by John F. Trow, 1859.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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