Lot 28
Whipple, William (1730-1785)., U.S. Army officer, judge, and merchant, New Hampshire delegate to the Continental Congress.
ALS, 7½" x 9", 1p., Portsmouth, N.H., 1779 Dec 14 (War date). Writes to N.H. Congressman Nathaniel Peabody in Philadelphia, speaks of visit by "Mr. [John] Langdon" and that "Genl. Folsom will be with you before this arrives at your home", he has signed boldly "WW". Some water staining and foxing, mainly at margins, and small piece of blank area at integral address leaf missing, Good, easily read.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
Peabody was the first man in New Hampshire to resign the Kings Commission and take up the American cause. Langdon was a signer of the U.S. Constitution; Folsom played important roles at the siege of Boston and at Ticonderoga.
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