^Chas. S. Osgood and H.M. Batchelder (1879), Historical sketch of Salem, 1626-1879, Salem: Essex Institute, OCLC4198133, OL24180081M
^His father Nathaniel Osgood "was a shipmaster of Salem." His son was Charles Stuart Osgood (b. 1839). cf. Frederick Clifton Pierce. Batchelder, Batcheller genealogy: descendants of Rev. Stephen Bachiler, of England, a leading non-conformist, who settled the town of New Hampton, N.H., and Joseph, Henry, Joshua, and John Batcheller of Essex Co., Massachusetts. Higginson Book Co., 1898
^Peabody Essex Museum. American Art. Retrieved 2011-12-07
Further reading
Frederic Alan Sharf. "Charles Osgood : the life and times of a Salem portrait painter." Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 102, no. 3 (July 1966).
Charles Osgood. Essex Institute catalog, special loan exhibition (Nov. 1978 - Jan 1979). Essex Institute, Salem, MA