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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.]]  

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>

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>  At the conclusion of 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>

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.

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.