Higginson Family Papers, 1690-1723.

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Higginson Family Papers, 1690-1723.

Salem, MA family. Collection includes: letters (1698-1699), including one from Samuel Sewall; funeral expenses of Rev. John Higginson (1708); and letters and business papers (1690-1723).

1 oversize folder.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7958865

Peabody Essex Museum

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Higginson family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6163jwm (family)

Sewall, Samuel, 1652-1730

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hq3zr9 (person)

Samuel Sewell was born 28 March 1652 Bishop Stoke England. He arrived in Boston 1661. He was Commissioner of the Company for the Progagation of the Gospel in New England and Parts Adjacent (1699-1730), Captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co., Overseer of Harvard College, Judge of Probate for Suffolk Co. (1715-1728), and Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature (1718-1728). He died 1 January 1729/30 Boston MA. From the description of [Account book of Samuel Sewall,...