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[[Image:Surrender of General Burgoyne.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Whipple is depicted in [[John Trumbull]]'s ''Surrender of General Burgoyne'', standing at the fifth from the right next to General John Glover.]]  
 
[[Image:Surrender of General Burgoyne.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Whipple is depicted in [[John Trumbull]]'s ''Surrender of General Burgoyne'', standing at the fifth from the right next to General John Glover.]]  
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In 1775, he was elected a delegate from New Hampshire to the Continental Congress. Whipple would be seated on the on the marine and commerce committees. In 1777, Brigadier General Whipple would aid General [[George Washington]] with his military plans for the summer campaign. He led a contingent of New Hampshire troops in the successful expedition against General Burgoyne at the battles of Stillwater and Saratoga.<ref>  After the [[Battle of Saratoga]] and the surrender of [[John Burgoyne]], Whipple was a signatory of the [[Convention of Saratoga]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=6e41i1ZreC4C&pg=PA143 Signers of the Declaration: Historic Places Commemorating the Signing of the Declaration of Independence]</ref>  After, Whipple informed [[John Paul Jones]] of the surrender, who sailed for France and informed diplomat [[Benjamin Franklin]] of the victory.  This news helped make possible the alliance that led to the victory at the [[Battle of Yorktown]].<ref>[https://www.dsdi1776.com/signers-by-state/william-whipple/ William Whipple]</ref>
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In 1775, he was elected a delegate from New Hampshire to the Continental Congress. Whipple would be seated on the on the marine and commerce committees. In 1777, Brigadier General Whipple would aid General [[George Washington]] with his military plans for the summer campaign. He led a contingent of New Hampshire troops in the successful expedition against General Burgoyne at the battles of Stillwater and Saratoga.<ref>[http://www.williamwhipple.com/ William Whipple, Williamwhipple.com]</ref>  After the [[Battle of Saratoga]] and the surrender of [[John Burgoyne]], Whipple was a signatory of the [[Convention of Saratoga]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=6e41i1ZreC4C&pg=PA143 Signers of the Declaration: Historic Places Commemorating the Signing of the Declaration of Independence]</ref>  After, Whipple informed [[John Paul Jones]] of the surrender, who sailed for France and informed diplomat [[Benjamin Franklin]] of the victory.  This news helped make possible the alliance that led to the victory at the [[Battle of Yorktown]].<ref>[https://www.dsdi1776.com/signers-by-state/william-whipple/ William Whipple]</ref>
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[http://www.williamwhipple.com/ William Whipple, Williamwhipple.com]</ref> Whipple resigned from Congress in 1779 and from the military in 1782. Whipple was appointed an associate justice of the Superior Court of New Hampshire until his death.
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Whipple resigned from Congress in 1779 and from the military in 1782. Whipple was appointed an associate justice of the Superior Court of New Hampshire until his death.
    
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