Thomas Wentworth Higginson letters [manuscript] 1857-1873.

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson letters [manuscript] 1857-1873.

In a letter, 1857 December 17, Worcester, Mass. he tells an unidentified autograph seeker that he has many autographs of more value than his own. On 1873 August 7, Newport, R. I., he replies to autograph seeker William R. Dorlon. A print of Higginson is included.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7928691

University of Virginia. Library

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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...

Dorlon, William R.

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