William Whipple’s Death – Cause and Date

The politician William Whipple died at the age of 55. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Remembered as a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, this early American political figure also served in the Continental Congress and fought in the American Revolution as a member of the New Hampshire Militia. After the war, he served in the New Hampshire Superior Court.

Before entering political life as a New Hampshire provincial congressman, he worked as a merchant.

As the New Hampshire Militia’s Brigadier General, he participated in the successful Saratoga and Stillwater battles against British General John Burgoyne.

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"I am sorry to say that sometimes matters of very small importance waste a good deal of precious time, by the long and repeated speeches and chicanery of gentlemen who will not wholly throw off the lawyer even in Congress."

William Whipple

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"I think experience has shown that privateers have done more toward distressing the trade of our enemies, and furnishing these States with necessaries, than Continental Ships of the same force."

William Whipple

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"In my opinion the greatest advantage we can at present expect from our Navy; for at this early period We can not expect to have a Navy to cope with the British."

William Whipple

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"I wonder much that a court of Law should be in doubt whether a Resolution of Congress can superceed the Law of a Sovereign State."

William Whipple

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"I hope in time N. H. as well as the other States will feel the importance of Sovereignty."

William Whipple