Stephen Higginson (November 28, 1743 – November 28, 1828) was an American merchant and shipmaster from Boston, Massachusetts. For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Year 1743 ( MDCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He was a delegate for Massachusetts to the Continental Congress in 1783. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or He took an active part in suppressing Shays' Rebellion, was the author of the Laco letters (1789), and served the United States government as navy agent from May 11 to June 22, 1798. Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in Central and Western Massachusetts from 1786 to 1787 Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a
Although he was a privateer during the Revolutionary War he became a "blue light", extreme-Federalist during the War of 1812 and was one of the most notorious members of the Essex Junto that changed and brought the once honorable party of Alexander Hamilton (Federalist party) to a very disgraceful end. The Essex Junto was a group of Lawyers and Merchants from Essex County Massachusetts.
External links
- Higginson’s Congressional biography
- Life and Times of Stephen Higginson: Member of the Continental Congress , by Thomas Wentworth Higginson, published 1907. .
- Stephen Higginson at Find A Grave
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