Samuel Osgood was an American merchant and statesman born in North Andover Massachusetts

North Andover, Massachusetts

North Andover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. North Andover is the home of Merrimack College, a private, Catholic four-year institution ....

, parent town of the Andovers. His family home still stands at 440 Osgood Street

Samuel Osgood House

Samuel Osgood House, built in 1740, is a historic house at 440 Osgood Street in North Andover, Massachusetts.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974....

 in North Andover. He served in the Massachusetts and New York state legislatures, represented Massachusetts in the Continental Congress

Continental Congress

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 and was the first Postmaster General

United States Postmaster General

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 under the United States Constitution. In 1812, he was elected the first president of the newly formed City Bank of New York, which later became Citibank

Citibank

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, predecessor of today's Citigroup.
John Osgood came to Massachusetts from Andover

Andover, Hampshire

Andover is a town in the English county of Hampshire. The town is on the River Anton some 18.5 miles west of the town of Basingstoke, 18.5 miles north-west of the city of Winchester and 25 miles north of the city of Southampton...

 in England

England

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 in 1638.