He was instrumental, second in command, in putting down Shay's Rebellion in 1786, riding out of Boston on a snowy November eve with 100+ men to arrest the leaders of the Rebellion in Western Massachusetts. In 1891, he served on an appointed committee to revise the governance of Boston from the town it was into a city. It took the town of Boston over 30 years before it adopted the committee's recommended changes. His final governmental service was to serve briefly as acting Secretary of the Navy in 1798.
He was instrumental, second in command, in putting down Shay's Rebellion in 1786, riding out of Boston on a snowy November eve with 100+ men to arrest the leaders of the Rebellion in Western Massachusetts. In 1891, he served on an appointed committee to revise the governance of Boston from the town it was into a city. It took the town of Boston over 30 years before it adopted the committee's recommended changes. His final governmental service was to serve briefly as acting Secretary of the Navy in 1798.
Bio by: Nanny
Family Members
Advertisement
See more Higginson memorials in:
Records on Ancestry
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement