Thomas Wentworth Higginson additional papers, 1779-1910

Higginson, Stephen, 1743-1828

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Stephen Higginson (November 28, 1743—November 28, 1828) was an American merchant and shipmaster from Boston, Massachusetts. Born in Salem in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Higginson attended the common schools before engaging in mercantile pursuits; from 1765 to 1775, he was an active and successful shipmaster. Higginson served in the Massachusetts legislature in 1782 and was a delegate for Massachusetts to the Continental Congress in 1783. He took an active part in suppressing Shays' Reb...

Vaughan, John, 1756-1841

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John Vaughan (1756–1841, APS 1784) was a wine merchant, philanthropist, and long-time treasurer and librarian of the American Philosophical Society. A native of England, Vaughan moved to Philadelphia in 1782. He soon was one of the most respected members of Philadelphia society, largely because of his tireless support of numerous literary, scientific and benevolent causes. Over the course of his five decades of service to the American Philosophical Society, Vaughan met and correspo...

Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866

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Jared Sparks (1789-1866) was the President of Harvard University from February 1, 1849 to February 10, 1853. He was also a Unitarian minister, editor, and historian. Jared Sparks was born to Joseph Sparks and Elinor (Orcut) Sparks on May 10, 1789 in Willington, Connecticut. Sparks was one of nine children and came from a family of modest means. When he turned six years old, Sparks went to live with an aunt and uncle in Camden, New York, to help relieve the family of a mout...

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911

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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...

Prince Rivers

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Brewer, Fisk P. (Fisk Parsons), 1832-1890

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R. Lechmere

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Derby, Elias Hasket, 1739-1799

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Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000355.0x00008e ...

Storrow, Nancy.

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J. P. Colby

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Higginson, Henry

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Jackson, Harriet

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Sarah

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Daniel Waldo Higginson

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Simmons, ...

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Oliver, Thomas E.

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Colomb, Th. P. (Théodore Pernot)

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Epithet: Bishop of Diauleia and syncellus British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001241.0x000088 Epithet: spatharius British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001241.0x000098 Epithet: prohedros and logothetos of the Dromus British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Descripti...

E. J. Mannix

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M. Lafitte

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Louisa (Storrow) Higginson

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Russell, James

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Epithet: actor, of the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000244.0x00018d Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000244.0x000194 Epithet: junior British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000244.0x000191 Epithet: barrist...

Higginson, Stephen, 1770-1834

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American merchant and philanthropist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, Mass., to Samuel May, 1801 Jun. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270466474 ...

M. Lechmere

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Higginson, Louisa (Storrow).

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Elizabeth Sewall (Higginson) Keith

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Lobie Norten)

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Hayes, Miss

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Anne Appleton Storrow

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Mary E. Channing.

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Houghton, Mifflin and Company.

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Boston, Mass., publishing firm. From the description of Houghton, Mifflin and Company note [manuscript], 1899 April 18. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 715378844 ...