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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsStephen HIGGINSON
(1743-1828)
HIGGINSON, Stephen, a
Delegate from Massachusetts; born in Salem, Mass., November 28,
1743; attended the common schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits
and was an active and successful shipmaster 1765-1775; served in
the Massachusetts legislature, 1782; Member of the Continental
Congress in 1783; naval officer at the port of Boston 1797-1808;
prominent in putting down Shays’ Rebellion; served as
lieutenant colonel of the Boston regiment; became a Federalist in
politics; died in Boston, Mass., November 22, 1828; interment in
Central Burying Ground.
Bibliography
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth. Life and Times of Stephen
Higginson, Member of the Continental Congress (1783) and Author of
the “Laco” Letters, Relating to John Hancock (1789) by
Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Boston and New York: Houghton,
Mifflin and Company, 1907; Higginson, Stephen. Letters of
Stephen Higginson, 1783-1804. Washington, D. C.: Government
Printing Office, 1897.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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