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breaking-out of the Revolution, and later was a member of the Continental Congress and high in councils of state.
He anticipated the literary skill of his grandson Wentworth, for he wrote for the public press, wielding a vigorous pen in defence of his political opinions.
He was dimly remembered by his grandson as a dignified and benignant figure in smallclothes.
His son, Stephen Higginson, Jr., Wentworth's father, was a successful Boston merchant until Jefferson's embargo deprived him of wealth.
He was called the ‘Man of Ross’ from his great philanthropy, this name having been given to a benevolent English worthy celebrated by Pope.
He was prominent in civic affairs and was one of the original trustees of the Massachusetts General Hospital.
His grave is in the old burying-ground on Boston Common, marked by the inscription, ‘In works of Love he found his happiness.’
These family traits were bequeathed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson and were in no way weakened by the transmission.
Combined with these was an ardent love of adventure, which may be traced in a degree to his sailor grandfather, but more directly to the grandparents on his mother's side.
The career of his maternal grandfather, Captain Thomas Storrow of the British army, and his American wife,
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