Stephen Higginson

Stephen Higginson

Stephen Higginson (November 28, 1743 – November 28, 1828) was an American merchant and shipmaster from Boston, Massachusetts. He was a delegate for Massachusetts to the Continental Congress in 1783. 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.
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.

External links

* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000581 Higginson’s Congressional biography]
* [http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=ElcMAAAAYAAJ&dq=stephen+higginson&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=JNHOdPuFG8&sig=76xJcRMFIwHjogJpD8xIjHMce6s "Life and Times of Stephen Higginson: Member of the Continental Congress"] , by Thomas Wentworth Higginson, published 1907..
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