William Whipple
William Whipple
William Whipple was born in Kittery, Maine in 1730. His father was a native of Ipswich, and was bred a maltster; but for several years after his removal to Kittery, he followed the sea. His mother was the daughter of Robert Cutts, a distinguished ship-builder, who established himself at Kittery, where he became wealthy, and at his death left a fortune to his daughter. His education was limited to a public school in his native town. It was respectable but it did not embrace that variety and extent of learning, which is generally obtained at some higher institutions (Vinci, 1). When he left school, he entered on board a merchant vessel, and for several years he devoted himself to commercial business on the sea. He went to sea in his teens and by 21 was captain of his own ship (Fradin, 96). His voyages were mainly in the West Indies, and proving successful, he acquired a considerable fortune. At age 29, he gave up his seafaring life, and started a business......
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