1. Samuel Snow was the son of Joseph Snow, a popular New Light minister in Providence. The younger Snow served as an officer in the Rhode Island militia during the Revolution, reaching the rank of captain before resigning in September 1780 (Bartlett, R.I. Records, description begins John Russell Bartlett, ed. Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England. 10 vols. Providence, 1856–65. description ends 9:234–35). After the war Snow apparently engaged in mercantile activities in Providence. Benjamin Huntington wrote to GW recommending Snow for the post of U.S. marshal, noting: “from the Acquaintan⟨ce⟩ I have with him which was in the way of Business I always found him a Man of honor and Good Conduct and think him Capable of Executing the Office of Marshal for the District of Rhode Island” (Huntington to GW, 7 June 1790, DLC:GW). Huntington enclosed a letter from Theodore Rogers, Zabdiel Rogers, and Samuel Woodbridge, soliciting Huntington’s assistance in obtaining the post of surveyor at Providence for Snow. The three described Snow “as a Gentleman of known Integrity and Ability and a man well Acquainted with Business” (Theodore Rogers et al. to Benjamin Huntington, 13 May 1790, DLC:GW). Snow was also recommended by Providence merchant Welcome Arnold, who wrote GW from Providence to “Recommend the Bearer Capt. Samuel Snow as a Man well qualified to do the duties of the Office of Surveyer for this district” (Arnold to GW, 10 June 1790, DLC:GW), and from David Howell, who wrote from Providence that Snow was “educated under my inspection in the College here” (David Howell “to all persons whom it may concern,” 7 June 1790, DLC:GW). Snow received no appointment from GW but was appointed U.S. consul at Canton in May 1798 (Senate Executive Journal description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America: From the commencement of the First, to the termination of the Nineteenth Congress. Vol. 1. Washington, D.C., 1828. description ends , 275).