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The Samuel Osgood House, also known as the Walter Franklin House, was the first official residence of the President of the United States.It housed George Washington, his family, and household staff, from April 23, 1789, to February 23, 1790, during New York City's two-year term as the national capital.
The square was originally land owned by Walter Franklin, a highly successful late 18th century merchant, [3] where he kept a mansion with surrounding gardens. The house itself, known as the Samuel Osgood House, was used by George Washington as his residence the first year of his presidency. [4] [5] The house was demolished in 1856.
On January 4, 1775, Osgood married Martha Brandon, who died in 1778. On May 24, 1786, Osgood married Maria Bowne (1754–1813), widow of Walter Franklin and mother of Maria Franklin Clinton, first wife of New York Governor DeWitt Clinton. They had a daughter named Martha Brandon Osgood, who married diplomat Edmond-Charles Genêt. Osgood's ...
He lived at the first, the Walter Franklin House, which was owned by Treasury Commissioner Samuel Osgood, at 3 Cherry Street, through late February 1790. [7] [8] The executive mansion moved to the larger quarters at Alexander Macomb House at 39–41 Broadway, [8] where Washington stayed with his wife Martha and a small staff until August 1790.
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The Friends of Benjamin Franklin House (the organization responsible for the restoration) note that the bones were likely placed there by William Hewson, who lived in the house for two years and who had built a small anatomy school at the back of the house. They note that while Franklin likely knew what Hewson was doing, he probably did not ...
Franklin was born in New York, in 1773, the son of Thomas Franklin, a prosperous merchant. [1] The family moved to Philadelphia in 1775, and during the War, Thomas was appointed commissary of prisoners. Franklin was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia county in 1792, age 19. He married Anne Emlen in 1802. Five of their children survived to ...
Walter Franklin Horan (October 15, 1898 – December 19, 1966) was an American politician, a congressman from Eastern Washington for 22 years. First elected in 1942, he was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for eleven terms, from January 3, 1943, to January 3, 1965.