Stephen Higginson

Stephen Higginson (November 28, 1743November 28, 1828) was an American merchant and shipmaster from Boston, Massachusetts. He was a delegate for Massachusetts to the Continental Congress in 1783. He took an active part in suppressing Shays' Rebellion, was the author of the Laco letters (1789), and served the United States government as navy agent from May 11 to June 22, 1798. Although he was a privateer during the American Revolutionary War he became a "blue light", extreme-Federalist during the War of 1812 and was one of the members of the Essex Junto. References External links Higginson’s Congressional biography Life and Times of Stephen Higginson: Member of the Continental Congress, by Thomas Wentworth Higginson, published 1907.. 1743 births 1828 deaths People from colonial Boston Continental Congressmen from Massachusetts 18th-century American politicians People of colonial Massachusetts Massachusetts Federalists Colonial American merchants American privateers Burials in Boston