Field-Osgood Family Papers 1702-1938 (bulk 1780-1930)

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Field-Osgood Family Papers 1702-1938 (bulk 1780-1930)

Correspondence, speeches and writings, household financial accounts, legal papers, genealogical material, printed matter, photographs, lithographs, and engravings pertaining to the families of Samuel Osgood (1748-1813) and his daughter, Susan Osgood Field, of Massachusetts and New York.

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Field, William Bradhurst Osgood, 1870-1949

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William Bradhurst Osgood Field (1870-1949) was a landowner, collector and philanthropist from a New York family. He was the son of William Hazard Field and Augusta Currie Bradhurst Field, and the nephew of Osgood Field, a society figure in London and Rome. William's sister, Mary Pearsall Field, was also a socialite.In 1902 he married Lila Vanderbilt Sloane Field, the great-granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt. They divided their time between their three family properties, 645 Fifth Avenue in Ma...

Osgood, Samuel, 1747-1813

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Samuel Osgood (February 3, 1747 – August 12, 1813) was an American merchant and statesman. He served in the Massachusetts and New York State legislatures, represented Massachusetts in the Continental Congress and was the fourth Postmaster General of the United States (the first under the current Constitution), serving from 1789 to 1791. Born in Andover in the Colony of Massachusetts Bay (now North Andover, Massachusetts), Osgood attended Dummer Academy (now The Governor's Academy) and Harvar...

Browning, Robert, 1812-1889

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Robert Browning was a British poet. Born on May 7, 1812, Browning wrote his first major work,"Pauline: a fragment of a confession" at the age of twenty. He married Elizabeth Barrett in 1826 and with her encouragement went on to become one of the major Victorian poets. From the description of Robert Browning collection of papers, [1835?]-1933 bulk ([1835?]-1889). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122615581 Browning was an English poet. From the descri...

Osgood family

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United States. War Department. Military Intelligence Division

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United States. Continental Congress

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The central governing body of the American colonies from 1774, continuing during the American Revolution; and also the first governing body of the U.S. until the establishment of the U.S. Constitution in 1789. From the description of Continental Congress minutes, 1778 Oct. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 429918299 Noah Cooke, Jr. (1749-1829) earned his Harvard AB 1769. His early career was as a clergyman, but he later became a lawyer. He was admitted to the bar in Cheshir...

Bradhurst family.

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United States. Army. Signal Corps

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Congress passed a resolution creating a national weather service on February 9, 1870, and it was signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. This new law directed the Secretary of War to take meterological observations and provide warnings of approaching storms. The Brevet Brigadier General Albert J. Myer and his Signal Service Corps were assigned this duty on February 25, 1870 by the Secretary of War. Weather observations began on November 1, 1870. In June 1872, Congress extended the weather...

United States. Postmaster General

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Letter from N. Udall, Post Office Department, informs California Governor John McDougal (1851-1852) that his nominee for Assistant Postmaster General for California and Oregon, Col. James S. Graham, cannot be considered, since Post Office Department does not intend to establish an office on Pacific coast. From the description of U.S. Postmaster General letter, 1851. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 34816745 ...

Field, Hickson W. (Hickson Woolman), 1823-

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Osgood, Maria Bowne Franklin. Maria Bowne Franklin Osgood papers.

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United States. Board of Treasury

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Standing committee of five members appointed by the Continental Congress in February 1776; succeeded by the Treasury Department in 1787. From the description of Letter : New York, N.Y., to Thomas Smith, 1787 May 15. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122525195 ...

Osgood, David, 1747-1822

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David Osgood (1747-1822) was born in Andover, Massachusetts . He graduated from Harvard University in 1771 and Yale College in 1797. He was ordained a Congregationalist minister in 1774, and served nearly 50 years as minister of Medford, Massachusetts . From the guide to the Osgood, David, 1747-1822. "The History of the Last Suffering and Resurrection of Christ, ", 1812-1813., (Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School) Congregational clergyman in Medford,...

Field family

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Field, Susan K. Osgood. Susan K. Osgood Field papers.

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Field, Chloe

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