| LC control no. | n 85150565 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Whipple, William, 1730-1785 |
| Associated place | New Hampshire |
| Located | Portsmouth (N.H.) |
| Birth date | 1730-01-14 |
| Death date | 1785-11-28 |
| Place of birth | Kittery (Me.) |
| Field of activity | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 |
| Affiliation | United States. Continental Army United States. Continental Congress |
| Profession or occupation | Founding Fathers of the United States United States. Continental Army--Officers United States. Declaration of Independence--Signers Judges Legislators Merchant mariners Merchants |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Library of Congress, Manuscript Div. for Sherburne, S. Papers, 1778-1812 (Whipple, William, 1730-1785) NUCMC file (Whipple, William, 1730-1785; Continential congressman from New Hampshire; b. Kittery, Me., Jan. 14, 1730; merchant and mariner engaged in slave trade, 1752-60; signer of Declaration of Independence; judge; d. Nov. 28, 1785) "William Whipple ... founding father who freed his slave" via History defined website, viewed 11 May 2023 (signer of Declaration of Independence; shipbuilder and ship master in his youth; later co-owned a merchant store in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; represented the town at the 1775 Continental Congress in Philadelphia and was appointed as a delegate to the Continental Congress the next year; promoted to brigadier general during the Revolutionary War; fulfilled his promise to free his enslaved servant, Prince Whipple, after Prince challenged William about the inconsistency between fighting for freedom while enslaving people; William was elected to the state legislature after the Revolutionary War before dying in 1785) <https://www.historydefined.net/william-whipple/> |
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