Papers, 1853-1911.

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Papers, 1853-1911.

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This collection of papers reflects Higginson's many interests and activities. Several letters written from Worcester discuss lecture plans, including an anti-slavery lecture at the Worcester Lyceum. Letters written during the Civil War to James S. Rogers, a soldier from Worcester, mention Higginson's Black Regiment, military life and war news. Later correspondence discusses publications. There is some mention of Higginson's interest in wildflowers and remarks on a portrait of Charles Devens (1820-1891) he has seen in Cambridge. A six-page letter to Alfred Seelye Roe (1844-1917), editor of the _Worcester Magazine_, briefly discusses Worcester traits and personal activities there. There are also two articles included in this collection. One article, "The Unforlorn Hope," 15 p., discusses death; the other, "Old Days and Ways in Boston and Cambridge," 30 p., 1911, reminisces about Higginson's youth in Boston and Cambridge. There is mention of Harvard College, Beacon Street, the Charles River, R. H. Stearns, and some colorful city residents and visitors.

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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...

Rogers, James S.

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United States. Army. South Carolina Volunteers, 1st (1862-1864)

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Roe, Alfred S. (Alfred Seelye), 1844-1917

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Alfred Seelye Roe (1844-1917), of Worcester, Mass., had been a Union soldier in the Civil War and was active in the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) of Worcester. He was a teacher and the principal of Worcester High School from 1880 to 1890 and served as a state legislator from 1891 to 1898. Roe was also noted as a public speaker and author of numerous pamphlets on education, local history, and military matters. From the description of Papers, 1883?-1915. (American Antiquarian Soc...

Devens, Charles, 1820-1891

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Born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Devens graduated from Boston Latin School and eventually Harvard College in 1838, and from the Harvard Law School in 1840. He was admitted to the bar in Franklin County, Massachusetts, where he practiced law from 1841 to 1849. In 1848, he was a Whig member of the Massachusetts Senate. From 1849 to 1853, Devens was United States Marshal for Massachusetts, in which capacity he was called upon in 1851 to remand the fugitive slave, Thomas Sims, to slavery. This...