[7] Whipple earned his fortune participating in the triangular trade between North America, the West Indies, and Africa, dealing in wood, rum, and enslaved people.

[10] In 1775, New Hampshire dissolved the British Royal government and organized a House of Representatives and an Executive Council known collectively as a Provincial Congress.

[3] In January 1776, Whipple wrote to fellow signatory Josiah Bartlett of the approaching convention: This year, my Friend, is big with mighty events.

According to the Portsmouth, New Hampshire Town Records,[15] At Saratoga, Whipple commanded a brigade of four militia regiments.

[16] Whipple was then appointed along with several other officers to escort Burgoyne and his army back to Winter Hill, Somerville, Massachusetts.

Whipple passed the news of the victory at Saratoga to Captain John Paul Jones, who informed Benjamin Franklin, who was in Paris at the time.

The shot tore through a horse lashed outside the house and severely wounded the leg of one of Whipple's brigade majors, which later required amputation.

On November 28, 1785, he suffered from a heart ailment and died after fainting from atop his horse while traveling his court circuit.