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And we do strictly charge and require all Officers, Marines and Seamen under your command to be abedient to your Orders as Captain. And yon are to ob- serve and follow such Orders and Direc- tions from Time to Tone, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress.
Dated at Philadelphia, October 10th, 1776.
By order of the Congress, John Hancock, l'resident.
(Attest.) Chas. Thompson. Sect'y.
*Number Six The number of Comomission de- termines the runk. John Hancock,
Pres't."
AAfter the Revolution the State of New Hampshire "appointed him Colonel of Artillery. His commission as Colonel is signed by Governor John Langdon, and is dated the 11th day of Angust, Es5.
Captain Thompson died at Portsmonth,
"List of Officers and Petty Officers of the U. S. Frigate . Raleigh', August, 1775 [1777]"
Names, Rank, Where belonging.
Peter Shores, Ist Lient,
Josiah Shackford,
Hopley Yeatan.
Thomas Mannites, Master. ..
Male, .. ..
Surgeon,
Sorg, Male, Kittery,
Capt. Marines, ExPier.
Ist 1.t. Marines, New York.
Boston.
Boatswain. Portsmouth. England,
Carprider, Port-mouth.
Sadnocker, Killery.
Midshipacin,
Portsmouth.
Sam. MeCliolack,
Rich'd Littlefield.
Dan'l Dorgan,
Dan'l Lang,
Rich'd Langdon.
Capt's Clerk,
Steward, New Hampshire
Coxswain, :
Vrmoret', Patsmonth,
Cooper, Boat's Made,
Jane's Furlong, Henry Willians, Philip Mecanu.
Win, Stevens,
Henry ( ate,
Mast. al Arms, Portsmouth.
Francis Little,
Gnu's Mate,
Yeoman,
Nicholas Bnfford, Ebenezer Pray,
Carp's Mate.
Benj. Dato, John Frost,
Sam'l Karcher, W'm. Wurd.
Robert Wloppde.
Robert Cockran,
Couk, Newburyport. ..
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Mathias Bell, Bont's Yeoman, Portsmouth ' Captain Thompson did not dare to short- Joseph Clements, .. en sail, lest his character might be sns- Thomas Passmore. lobn Mendum, W'in. Mendum, .. .. peeled, and despairing of being supported by the 'Alfred,' he stood boldly in among Peter Meserve, John Fernald. .. the British ships alone, and hove.to his ship in order to permit the merchant- men astern to draw more ahead of him.
Fentress' History Portsmouth, N. H., Vary Yard.
lu Angost, 1777, "the 'Raleigh,' a fine twelve-pounder frigate, that had been constructed in New Hampshire, under the law of 1775, was enabled to get to sea for the first time. She was command- ed by Captain Thompson, the officer who appears as sixth on the list, and sailed in company with the '.Alfred,' 21, Captain Ilinman. These two ships went to sea, short of men, bound to France, where military stores were in waiting to be transported to America.
When his plan was laid, Captain Thomp- son tilled away, and stood directly through the convoy, lufling up towards the vessel of war that was most to wind- ward. In doing this he spoke several of the merchantmen, giving them orders how tosteer, as if belonging himself to the fleet, and repeating all the commodore's signals. Up to this moment the 'Raleigh' appears to have escaped detection, nor had she any signs of preparation about her, as her gons were housed, and her ports lowered.
The 'Raleigh' and ' Alfred' had a good Having obtained a weatherly position, ri off' the coast, and they made several ; the 'Raleigh' now ran along-side of the prizes of little value during the first few vessel-of-war, and when within pistol- days of their passage. On the 2d of 'shot, she hanled up her courses, run out September they overtook and captured a her guns, set her ensign, and commanded snow, called the ' Nancy.' which had been ; the enemy to strike. So completely was left by the outward bound Windward this vessel taken by surprise, that the Island fleet the previons day. Ascertain- ; order threw her into great confusion, and ing from his prisoners the position of even her sails got aback. The 'Raleigh' the West Indiamen, Captain Thompson seized this favorable moment to pour in a broadside, which was feebly returned. The enemy were soon driven from their guns, and the 'Raleigh' fired twelve broadsides into the English ship in twenty minutes, scarcely receiving a shot in re- turn. A heavy swell rendered. the aim uncertain, but it was evident that the British vessel suffered severely, and this the more so, as she wasof inferior force. made sail in chase. The fleet was under the charge of the 'Camel', 'Druid,' Woa- -el.' and 'Grasshopper,' the first of which is said to have had an armament of twelve pounders. The following day, or September Bd, 1777, the Raleigh made the convoy from her mast-heads, and by sunset was near enough to ascertain that there were sixty snil, as well as the posi- tions of the men-of-war. Captain A squall had come on, and at first it Thompson had got the signals of the fleet | shut in the two ships engaged. When it from his prize, and he now signalled the "Alfred,' as if belonging to the convoy. After dark he spoke his consort, and di- rected her commander to keep near him, it being his intention to run in among the enemy, and to lay the commodore aboard. At this time, the two American ships were to windward, but nearly astern.
In the course of the night the wind shifted to the northward, and the convoy hauled by the wind, bringing the Ameri. can ships to leeward. At daylight the wind had freshened, and it became nec- ossary to carry more sail than the Al- fred' (a tender-sided ship) could bear. Here occurred one of those instances of the unfortunate consequences which must always follow the employment of vessels of unequal qualities in the same squadron, or the employment of officers not trained in the same high school. The .. Alfred' would not bear her canvas, and while the ' Raleigh' fetched handsomely into the fleet, under double-recfed topsails, the former fell to leeward more than a league.
cleared away, the convoy was seen steer- ing in all directions, in the utmost con- fusion, but the vessels of war, with sev- eral heavy well-armed West Indiamen, tacked and hauled up for the 'Raleigh,' leaving no doubt of their intentions to engage. The frigate lay by her adver- sary until the other vessels were so near, that it became absolutely necessary to quit her, and then she ran to leeward and joined the 'Alfred.' Here she shortened sail, and waited for the enemy to come down, but it being dark, the British com- modore tacked and hauled in among his convoy again. The 'Raleigh' and ' Alfred' kept near this fleet for several days, but no provocation could indnee the vesseis of war to come ont of it. and It was final- ly abandoned.
"The ship engaged by the .Raleigh,' proved to be the 'Drnid,' 20, Captain C'ar- teret. She was much cut up, and the official report of her commander made her loss six killed and twenty-six wonnd- ed. Of the latter, flve died, soon after
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the action, and among the wounded was her commander. The . Druid' was unable to pursue the voyage, and returned to England.
In this affair, Captain Thompson dis- covered a proper spirit, for he might easily have cut ont of the fleet half a dozen merchantmen, but he appears to have acted on the principle that vessels of war should first seek vessels of war. The 'Raleigh' had three men killed and wounded in the engagement, but other- wise sustained little injury."
Cooper's Vacul History.
The "Raleigh", 32, built at Portsmouth, in 1776, under the superintendence of Captain Thomas Thompson, was capt- ured by the British in 1778. Capt. John Barry was then In command.
Towle, George W .- 10th N. H.
"To the memory of George William Towle, Born in Epping, N. 11., Sept. 19, 1810, Died in Chicago. Ill., April 20, 1887. Captain Tenth New Hampshire Infantry, in the war for the Union. Action at Orleans, Va., Nov. 5, 1862. Battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862. Siege of Suffolk, April 10, 1863 Assault on Battery, Nansemond river, Va., April 19.
1863. Siege of Petersburg, 1861. Campaign before Richmond, Isol 5.
'Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws. And asks no omen but his country's cause.'" Stone.
"Captain, Co. G. Residence or assign- ment, Portsmouth. Date of Commission, Sept. 18, 1862. Mastered out June 21, [865."
Adjutant General's Records, N. II.
Tredick, John H .- 3rd N. H.
"Lient. of C). D [See below], Brd N. Il. Regt. Died at Fortress Monroe. Son of William and Mehitable Tredick."
""""Died for his Country,' ch! do not deplore him: His life was triumphal, his death was sublinte. lis warfare complete, he has pass'd ihro' the portal
That leads the freed sont to a glorified elime," Słone.
"Corporal, Co. D. Residence, Ports- mouth. Date of Muster, Ang. 23, 1861, for 3 years. Promoted to Sergeant, Ang. 8, 1862. Promoted to Ist Sergeant, March 8, 1863. Promoted to 2nd Lientenant,
C'o. E. Commissioned Jan. 2, ISG1. Wounded severely at Weir Bottom Church, Va., June 16, 1861. Died of . wounds, July 6, Istil."
Adjutant General's Records, N. II.
Tucker, Charles H .- 27th Maine.
"Corporal. Co. B. Born in Eliot, Maine. Resident of Sonth Berwick, Maine. Date of Muster, Sept. 80, 1562, for 9 months. Mustered out and hon- orably discharged Jnly 17, 1863, at Port- land, Maine, by reason of expiration of term of service."
Adjutant General's Records, Maine.
Tucker, Henry-U. S. Navy. Tucker, John A .- 3rd N. H.
Member Storer Post, G. A. R.
"Corporal. Co. D. Residence or assign- ment, Greenland. Date of Muster, Aug. 25, 1861, for # years. Reduced to Private, Feb. 22. 1862. Wounded, Secessionville, S. C., June 16, 1862. Reenlisted Feb. 15, 1861. Private, Co. D. Residence or assignment, Portsmouth. Date of Muster, Feb. 15. Istd, for 3 years. Appointed Wagoner, May 20, 1861. Mustered out July 20, 1>65."
Adjutant General's Records, N. 11.
"Birthplace, Kingston, N. II. Received grape shot wound in left ankle at James Island, S. C., July [June] 16, 1862." Post Records.
Tucker, Mark W .- 16th N. H.
"Died at New Orleans." Stonc.
"Private, Co. K. Residence or assign- ment, Portsmouth. Date of Mnster. Oct. 28, 1862, for 9 months. Died of disease at Carrollton, La , Feb. 8, 1863."
Adjutant General's Records, N. II.
Tufts, John P .- 40th N. Y.
Enlisted as "John P. 'Tufts." "J. P. Tull's." Stone. "Private, ('o. II. Enlisted Jane 17, 1861, for 3 years. Discharged Dec. 9. 1862, near Falmonth, Va., for disability." Adjutant General's Records, V. ).
Upham, Joseph B. Jr .- U. S. Navy. Joseph Badger U'pham, Jr.
"Born Dec. 25. 1840. Died Aug. It, ISSO. A good son. A loyal friend."
"Third Assistant Engineer, Is Novem- ber, 1862. . Second Assistant Engineer, 28 March, 1864. First Assistant Eugi- neer. I January, 1868 [Title changed to Passed Assistant Engineer, by act of Con- gress approved 2! February. 1871]. Re- tired list, 27 December, 1875"
Humeraly's General Nazy Register.
"Died at Portsmouth, N. H., August 13 [See above], [889."
Navy Register, 1890.
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Upham, Timothy-War 1812.
"Timothy l'pham, Born in Deerlleldl, N. II., September 9, 1753. Died in Charlestown, Mass., November 2, 1855 fle was Lieut. Colonel, I'. S. A., during the war of 1812, and for many years Collector of this Port."
Stone.
".Commissioned Major. 11th I. S. In- fantry. March 12, ts12; and Lieutenant- Colonel, 21st U. S. Infantry, March 12, 1813."
Howerd's Regular Army Register.
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"Timothy l'pham was of Portsmouth. 720 year of his age."
He was the son of Rev. Timothy Upham, of Deerfield, where he was born in the year 1783. His mother was Hannah, the daughter of Rev. Nathaniel Gookin, of North Hampton. Timothy I pham moved to Portsmouth in IsOF, and opened a store in Market street. In June, I'll, he was appointed, by Governor Langdon, one of his aids, with rank of Lieutenant- Colonel. He continued in business as a merchant until Is12. when, in anticipa- tion of a war with Great Britain, he was commissioned a Major in the United States service in March of that year. In June following he was appointed to com- mand the detachment of troops from New Hampshire ordered to garrison Fort, MeClary [in Portsmouth harbor]. by Governor Plummer.
In Jaly he was commissioned as Major of the 11th I. S. Infantry. In September he joined his regiment at Plattsburg. N. Y. January 15, 1813, he was ordered to Portland as superintendent of the re- erniing district of Maine. In the spring he joined his regiment, and was detailed to command a battalion which was to join Gen. Hampton's army preparing to attack Montreal. On this futile expo- dition, Major (now Lieutenant-Colonel) Upham fought his battalion with credit at (' rysler's Field. Just before this ex- pedition he had been promoted to the Lientenant-Coloneley of the 21st Regi. ment, On the 11th of September, 1814, he was in command of his regiment, at the 'sortie of Fort Erie,' and did gallant service with his regiment, in going to the resen-, by special order of Gen. Brown, of its former gallant commander, General Miller. At the close of this campaign, with impaired health, Col. I'pham was ordered npon recruiting service.
years. In 1819, May 15. he was appoint- ed Brigadier General of the 1st Brigade, Ist Division New Hampshire Militia, and was promoted to Major General of the Division May 19, 1820, upon the resigna- tion of General Clement Storer. This ollice he resigned May 13, 1823.
After leaving the Custom-House in 1829, he again entered upon commercial porsnits, and in ISII was appointed Navy Agent at Portsmouth by President Har- rison. He soon resigned this office, and in 1815 removed to Charlestown, Mass., following his business of a merchant in Boston. Here his snecess did not meet his anticipations, and, impaired in health. he retired from active business, He died at Charlestown, November 2. 1855, in the
Adjutant General's Report, N. H., 1868. Varney, Charles L .- U. S. Navy.
Waldren, Samuel W .- 16th N. H.
"Died at Jackson Hospital, Memphis, Ten .. Ang. 21. 1863." Stone.
"Private, Co. E Residence or assign- ment. Portsmouth. Date of Muster, Oct. 25. 1862. for @ months. Transferred to C'o. K. Nov. 22, 1862. Discharged to date Aug. 20, 1868. Died at Memphis, Tem., Ang. 23, 1865 [See above]."
Adjutant General's Records, N. 11.
Waldron, N. S .- Mex. War.
"Second Lieutenant. U. S. Marine Corps. 13 September, 1831. First Lien- tenant, 25 July, 1831. Captain, 16 March, 1817. Brevet Major, 22 July, 1848. Died 21 February, 1857."
Hamersly's General Navy Register.
Waldron, Samuel W. Jr .- 31st N. Y. & U. S. Vols.
"Samnel Wallis Waldron.
President of the Counnon Council of Bos- ton, Mass., in 1859. Lientenant. Aide-de- Camp, Captain and Assistant Adjt. Gen- eral in the war of the Rebellion."
Stone.
"Chaplain, 31st N. Y. Enrolled May 21, 1861, to serve 2 years. Mnstered in- to service. Transferred Oct. 30, 1861, to Co. G, for appointment as Ist Lienten- ant. Detailed as Aide-de Camp on Gen- eral Newton's stall' from Nov. Ist, 186]. to date of resignation. Discharged July 20, 1862, on tender of resignation."
Adjutant General's Records, N. Y.
"Appointed Captain, Asst. Adjutant
At the close of the war he resigned his commission, and in 1816 was appointed General, of Volunteers, 11 July, 1862. Collector of Customs at Portsmonth, from New York. Resigned 30 July, 1863." and continued in that office for thirteen
Hamersy's Regular Army Register.
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Walker, Wm. Augustus-27th Mass.
"Fell in battle near Richmond, Va. He sleeps in southern soil."
Stone.
· Cantain, Co. C. Residence. Green- feld, Mass. Date of Muster, Sept. 10, 18G1, for 3 years. Promoted to Major, May 20, 1863. Killed in action, June 3, 1×1;4"
Adjutant General's Records, Muss.
Killed in battle at Cold Harbor, Va. Wallace, Joseph-U. S. Navy.
Walsh, James-U. S. Navy.
Walsh, Richard-10th N. H. & U. S. Navy.
Enlisted as "Richard Welch."
.. Son of David and Mary Walsh. Died July 17, 1861." None.
"Private, Co. G, 10th N. II. Residence, Portsmouth. Date of Muster, Sept. 12. 1862. for 3 years Transferred to U. S. Navy, May 1, 1861. Diolat Portsmouth, Va. Ang. 1, 1861 [See above ] "
Adjutant General's Records, N. II.
Warburton, William-13th N. H.
"Private, Co. K Residence or assign- ment. Portsmouth. Date of Muster, Sept. 20. 1862, for 3 years. Discharged for dis- ability at Portsmonth, Va., Jan. 22, 1861."
Adjutant General's Records, V. 11.
Watkins, Benjamin F .- 16th N. H.
" Died at. New Orleans | See below |."
"Private, Co. K. Residence or assign- ment. Portsmouth. Date of Muster, Oct. 28, 1862, for 9 months. Died of disease : at C'arrollton. La , Feb. 1, 1863."
Adjutant General's Records, N. 11.
Watkins, Daniel W .-- 16th N. H.
Enlisted as "Daniel Watkins." "Did Sept. 13, 1863. Ile sleeps in southern soil." None.
"Private, Co. K. Residence or assign- ment, Portsmouth. Date of Muster, Nov. 3 1862, for 9 months. Died of disease at Memphis, Teun , Ang. 15, 1863 [ See above j."
. Adjutant General's Records, N. 11.
Webster, Henry C .- U. S. Navy,
"Act'y Master, U. S. N. [See below] Brevet Rank: - Brevet Lieut. Colonel, died in Hospital at Plymouth, N. C., Sept. | 21 July, IS61. for gallant and meritorions 23, 1812."
Stone.
"Mate. In September, 1861. Died 19 September [See above] 1812".
Hamersly's General Nagy Register.
Webster, Mark R .- War 1812.
Whaley, William Henry-10th & 2nd N. H.
Enlisted as "John Simpson."
" Private, Co. 1. 10th N. Il. Recruit. Residence or assignment. Plaistow. Date of Muster, Angust 11, 1868, for 3 years. Promoted to Corporal. Wonuded slight - ly at Chapin's Farm, Va , Sept. 29, 1861. Appointed Sergeant, April9, 1865. Taus- ferred to 2nd N. 11. V., .Inne 21 1865.
Private. Co. D, 2nd N. H. Reernit. Residence or assignment, Plaistow. Date of Mnster, August 11, 1863, for 3 years. Transferred from Co. 1, 10th N. H. V .. June 21, 1865. Mastered out December 19. 1865."
Adjutant General's Records, N. H.
Whidden, Andrew W .- 10th N. H.
"Son of J. W. and E. R. Whidden. Died in a rebel prison at Sali- bury. N. C .. Jan. 27, 1865, aged 20 years. His body lies not here .- There is rest in heaven for the weary and suffering sol- diers." Stone.
' Private, Co. G. Residence, Ports- month. Date of Muster, Sept. 1, 1862, for 3 years. Captured at Fair Oaks, Va., Oct. 27, 1G1 .. Died at Salisbury, N. C .. Feb. 17, 1865 [ See above]."
Adjutant General's Records, N. 11.
Whipple, Amiel W .- U. S. Army. Amiel Weeks Whipple.
"Maj. Gen. A. W. Whipple, Bd Div., Bd Army Corps. Major, Corps of Engineers. I. S. Army-
Died of wounds received at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 7th, 1863, Aged 15 years."
Stone.
"Born in Massachusetts. Appointed a Cenlet at the D'. S Military Academy. from Massachusetts, in 1837. Graduated." "2nd Lient. Ist Artillery, 1 July. 1811. 'Transferred to Topographical Engineers, 28 Sept., Istl. 1st Lient., 21 April. 1851. Captain, I Jnly, 1855. Major, 9 Sept., 1861. Transferred to Engineers, 3 March, 1863. Died 7 May, 1863, of wounds re- erived at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va. [I May. 1563].
service in the Manassas campaign. Bre-
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vet Colonel, 13 Dec., 1862, for gallant much exposed, and suffered more, prob- and meritorions service in the battle of ably, in that engagement than any other Fredericksburg, Va. Brevet Brigadier General, | May, 1>63, for gallant and meritorions service at the battle of Chan- cellorsville, where he was mortally wounded. Brevet Major General, 7 May. 1863, for gallant and meritorions service during the war." division of the army. He was shot on Monday, I May, 1863, when the battle was practically at an end, and, living three days. was appointed Major-General of Volunteers for gallantry in action. lle had received the brevets of Lieutenant- Colonel for the Manassas campaign, Col- "AAppointed Brigadier General of Vol- unteers, 11 April, 1862. Major General of Volunteers, 5 May, 1863." onel for Fredericksburg, Brigadier Gen- oral for Chancellorsville, and Major-Gen eral for services during the warf-all in the regular army."
Homersly's Regular Army Register.
"Whipple, Amiel Weeks, soldier. born in Greenwich. Masa, in Ists; died in Washington, D. C., 7 May, 1808. lle studied at Amherst, was graduated at the U. S. Military Academy in [8]], was en- gaged immediately afterward in the hy- drographie survey of Patapsco river, and in Is 12 in surveying the approaches to New Orleans and the harbor of Ports- month, N. IL. In isIt he was detailed as
"Prince Whipple [ who is said to have been the son of an African princej was assistant astronomer upon the north. , a slave of General Whipple, but had his eastern boundary survey, and in 1845 he freedom from his master on condition of was employed in determining the northern his good fighting." boundaries of New York, Vermont and New Hampshire. In ist9 he was ap- pointed assistant astronomer in the Mex- ican boundary commission, and in 1853 he had charge of the Pacific railroad sur- vey along the 35th parallel. In 1856
for the none to fight for.' 'Prince,' said the Gen- he was appointed engineer southern light-house district and super- oral, Behave like a man, and do your
intendent of the improvements of St. Clair flats and St. Mary's river.
At the opening of the civil war he at onee applied for service in the field, and was assigned as Chief Topographical Engineer on the staff of Gi n. Irvin Me. Dowell. In this capacity he was the author of the first maps of that part of Virginia that were issued during the war. and performed ereditable service at the first battle of Fredericksburg.
I'pon the second advance of the army he was attached, as Chief Topographical Engineer, to the staff of Gen. George B .. MeClellan, but, being appointed Brigadier- General of Volunteers, was recalled in May, 1862, and assigned to the command of the defences of Washington south of Potomne river. Ilis service here was so well performed that he received in orders the thanks of the President of the I'nited States.
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Ilis division was assigned in October, 1s62, to the 9th corps, and took part in the movement down the eastern base of the Blue Ridge, mpon the skirts of Lee's retreating army. At Waterloo his divi- sion was attached to the 3rd army corps, and he led it at the battle of Fredericks- birg.
At the battle of Chancellorsville it was
Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biog- matky.
Whipple, Prince-Rev. War.
His name appears on "Gen. Whipple's Stall' Roll" for the Saratoga campaign in 1777, and the Rhode Island campaign in 1778.
When General Whipple started for Saratoga, "Prince was ordered to get the horses ready for the march. He was dilatory, and General Whipple upbraiding him, he replied thus: 'Master, you are going to fight for your liberty, but I have
duty, ard from this hour you shall be free.' Prince did his duty, accompanied his master in his expedition and was a freeman. - 'Brewster's Rambles about Portsmouth.'""
Adjutant General's Report, N. II , Vol. 2, 1866.
"Prince Whipple died in this town [Portsmouth ] in 1797, twelve years after his former master. lle was a large. well- proportioned and fine looking man, and of gentlemanly manners and deportment." Rumbles About Portsmouth, First Series.
The grave of Prince Whipple in the North Cemetery, Portsmouth, was identi- fled a few years since by his grandson, John Smith. It is in the southern part of the cemetery, south-west from General Whipple's stone, and next cast of the foot stone of Capt. Theodore Furber, but is unmarked except by two rough stones which scarcely appear above the surface of the ground.
Whipple, William-Rev. War.
"Here are deposited the remains Of the Honorable William Whipple who departed this Life on the 25th day of November, ITS5, in the 55th year of his Age.
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lIe was often elected and thrice attended the Continental Congress
as Delegate for the State of New Hampshire, particularly in that memorable year in which America declared itself independent of Great Britain.
Ile was also at the Time of his decease
a Judge of the supreme Court of Indicature. In Him a firm & ardent Patriotism was united with universal benevolence and every social Virtue." Stone.
"Whipple, William, signer of the Dec- laration of Independence, born in Kit- tery, Maine, 11 January, 1730; died in school, where it may now be seen.
Portsmouth, N. H., 25 November, 1755. Ilis father, William, a native of Ipswich, Mass., was bred as a malster, but, re- moving to Kittery, engaged in a seafaring
Additional information in relation to General Whipple will be found in the Ap- pendix to "The Presentation of Flags to the Schools of Portsmonth, N. II., Octo- life for several years. The son was edn- 'ber 9th, 1890, by Storer Post," Ports- cated at a public school in his native mouth, 190; and in "The Presentation town, and afterward became a sailor, having command of a vessel before he was twenty-one years of age. lle en- gaged in the European, West India, and African trade, and brought large numbers of negro slaves to this country, but after-
ward, during the Revolution, liberated placed at the Farragut school, which those that belonged to him. In 1759 he name, at the request of the Board of
abandoned the sea entirely and entered into business in Portsmonth with his also suggested by Storer Post.
brother Joseph, which connection lasted till about two years previous to the Rey- olution.
29 February following, and signed the Declaration of Independence in July. lle was re-elected to Congress in 1778, and declined to be chosen again, but was a member of the state assembly in 1780-1. He was commissioned a Brigadier Gen- eral in 1777, commanded a brigade of New Hampshire troops at the battles of Saratoga and Stillwater, and, after the surrender of Burgoyne, signed the articles of capitulation with Col. James Wilkin- son on behalf of General Horatio Gates. ! General Whipple was afterward selected as one of the officers under whose charge the British troops were conducted to their place of encampment on Winter
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