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 HBRRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN ber of the New York stole senate; and in 1903-05 was lieutenant gDvemor of New York. In ib8b he was a deUgute lo ihf national republican convention. Ue s^ as gov emor of the state of New York for the

terms of in Glenn,

ittOo-Oti.

He

died Feb.

12.

1^)07.

N.Y.

Higgins, James Henry, lawyer, Htute legislator, governor, was born Jan. 22, 18iC, He was educated at St. in Lincoln, Itl. Joseph's parochial school: in 1894 irrad* viat.'I fr<»Mi the Tawtucket high Hchool; iu 1898 graduated from

Brown

univerriity

and

I'rovidenoe;

(»f

in

1900 graduated from uni vensity hiw miIiooI at Washington. D.C. He -oon attained uueces* in the practice of law at Pa N tucket, R.I.. and in llN).'i-(H! was mayor of his city. In 1902 he waH a niemher of the Rhode Island houHe of repre«entative«. In m07-09 was governor of the ntate of Rhode Island. Higgins, Michael, manufacturer, public 1S.'):>, in Conoflicial, was Iwrn .rune 2H. btantia, N.Y. He is a manufacturer of carriage spring!* and axles of Racine, Wis. In 1«,S!) he was eleot.'d alderman of Racine, and in 1899 12IU3 was mayor of that city. Higginaoii, Mrs. Ella, druggist, author, tlu-

(eor<,'<-t(>vn

was l»orn in 1802 in ("ouncil Grove, Kan. She is the author of several popular pocmH, and The Flower that (Jrew in the Sand; From the L*nd of the Snow Pearls; A Forest Orciiid; When the Birds Go North Again; The Voice of April Land; and other work N. Higginson, Francb. dergyman, author, was horn in l.'»88 in Kngland. TI<' wa-* the author of True Relation of the lAnt V uvage to New Engbnd; and New England's Plantation. He died Aug. 6, 1630, in Salem, lM>et.

&fass. .Tuly

lH?came

a

10.

184."i.

Boston. Mas-*.

in

lieutenant

in

18»52:

l!e

lieuteiiani

1866; comnuinder in 1S7<); captain in 1801; rear-admiral in 1800; ami in 180!) was at the head of the Lighthouse i»oard of the torpedo station at Newport, In 1902 he was commander«in-chief R.I. of North Atlantic stotion. Higginson, Henry Lee, soldier, banker, was

eommainler

bom

163

.Mass.

Maiy

Higginson, Mrt.

Tiutcher, author,

was born Nov. 26, 1844, in .Machias. Maine. She is the second wife of Thomas V. Higginson, and the author of Seashore and I'airie; Konni fnr One More; Sucb as They Are; I'laymate Hours, pwiris. Higgiatoii, Mrs. Sarah Jane, autlior, waa She is a btirn in IStO in Pennsylvania. writer of New York City; and the author of A Princess of Java, a tale of the Far East; lava, the Pearl of the East; and The Uedouiu Girl. Higgiaaon, Stephen, merchant, author, congressman, was bom Nov. 28, 1743, in Saleiu, Mom. He was a merchant of BosHilled an a political writer; and in tioi; 1782-83 he was a delegate from Massachusetta to the continentol congress.

He

wuM the autbnr nf K>>ay- 1» Laco. reprinted as Ten Chapters in the IJte of John Hancock; and Defense of Jay's Treaty. He died Nov. 22, 1828, in Boston, Mas«. Stephen, merchant, philanbom Nov. 26, 1770, in Salem, f'<M>ne, a itegiment Religion;



.tlantic OldfHirt

Es^ys; Sympathy of Young Folks'

Days';

History of the Lnited States;

Hook

(i;

dies of

Young

Folks*

American E.xploreis; Short StuAmerican Autiior.4; Common SSense

about Women; l-ife of M.irgaret Fuller; Uirger History of the L'nititl Static, Trnv-

and outlaws; Women and Men; The Afternoon T.orn

tilOQRAPUT.

father, lie wui« the author of The CauHe of G«hI and His People in New Kngland; and Attcstalion to Cotton Mather'n Mag nalia. He died Dee. 9, 1708. in Saiem»

hb

Nov.

in

18, 1834, in

New York

C ity.

He

terved in the civil war, being major and brevet liectenant-colonrl in the first regiment Massachusetts cavalry. He ia a successful banker of Boston* Mass.; and a patron of music and of Harvarrl university.

Higginson, Jobn, clergyman, author, was bom Aug. 6. 1616. in England. Tn 1659i70.S he was a c.mgregat ional clerg>inan of .Salem in charge of the church fountled by

Lite of Fi ui is lIiggiiiso;i The New World and the Nvw i>ook; Concerning All of Us; Such ns lT»cy Are; The Monarch of Dreams; Hints on Writing and Speech;

t onteinporarlea.

Hightower, L. Oct.

20.

l.S.JK.

B.,

in

I-

lawyer, jurist, was V)orn Tn 1870lor«'nce, .Ia.

77 lie was a representative in the Texas Since 1SS8 he has been state legislature. judge of the ninth judical district of Texas; Texas. Cleveland, resides in and Higinbothsm, Harlow Niles, soMier. merchant, was bora Oct. 10, 1838, iu Joliet, 111.

In 1962 he aeeompanied the Mercantile battery to the front, and, being detailed for special service, became chief clerk for the chief quartermaster. Tnited States volunteers, department of the <»hi<i, and served in West N'irginia, Ohio, Kentucky and Ten-