Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2009 Series: Case Files, 1790 - 1911 File Unit: U.S. v. Thomas Higginson Item: Indictment of Thomas W. Higginson, 10/16/1854
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Higginson was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on December 22, 1823. He was a descendant of Francis Higginson, a Puritan minister and immigrant to the colony of Massachusetts Bay. His father, Stephen Higginson (born in Salem, Massachusetts, November 20, 1770; died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 20, 1834), was a merchant and philanthropist in Boston and steward of Harvard University from 1818 until 1834. His grandfather, also named Stephen Higginson, was a member of the Continental Congre...
