Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Hampshire (1730-1785), who commanded a brigade of New Hampshire militia at Saratoga in 1777, and then the following year at Rhode Island. ADS signed “Wm: Whipple, Jus: P.,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 12.5, May 30, 1785. Handwritten notarization concerning property in Kittery Point, Maine, which recounts how Richard Black, a laborer in Kittery, purchased a lot near Battery Hill on Kittery Point from Sir William Pepperrell, but that a deed was never executed during the lifetimes of the two men. John Sparhawk, as agent for the heir of Pepperrell and at the request of Lady Mary Pepperell, formally deeds the one-and-one-half acre tract to Black's heirs. Signed at the conclusion by William Whipple and countersigned by Sparhawk. In fine condition, with light toning, and small professional repairs to the folds. Whipple, who had been in ill health for some years, died six months later at the age of 55.
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