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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Stephen Higginson papers, 1783-1792</title>
  </titleInfo>
  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Higginson, Stephen</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1743-1828</namePart>
    <role>
      <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm>
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  <typeOfResource collection="yes" manuscript="yes">mixed material</typeOfResource>
  <originInfo>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <language>
    <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm>
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  <physicalDescription>
    <extent>8</extent>
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  <abstract>Correspondence concerning political affairs, public finance, the Revolutionary War, foreign relations, and shipping.  Also includes a Massachusetts treasury certificate (1787).</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Massachusetts delegate to U.S. Continental Congress, army officer, and businessman.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
  <note>Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Finance, Public</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Shipping</geographic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <temporal>To 1865</temporal>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Revolution, 1775-1783</temporal>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>1783-1815</temporal>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Politics and government</topic>
    <temporal>1783-1809</temporal>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Army officers</occupation>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Businessmen</occupation>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Delegates, U.S. Continental Congress</occupation>
  </subject>
  <identifier type="lccn">mm 79002256</identifier>
  <accessCondition type="restrictionOnAccess">Open to research.</accessCondition>
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