Commodore Abraham Whipple of the Continental Navy: Privateer, Patriot, Pioneer

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Commodore Abraham Whipple of the Continental Navy Privateer, Patriot, Pioneer Sheldon S. Cohen Foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene Allen Smith University Press of Florida Gainesville/Tallahassee/Tampa/Boca Raton Pensacola/Orlando/Miami/Jacksonville/Ft. Myers/Sarasota Copyright 2010 by Sheldon S. Cohen Printed in the United States of America. This book is printed on Glatfelter Natures Book, a paper certified under the standards of the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC). It is a recycled stock that contains 30 percent post-consumer waste and is acid-free. All rights reserved 15 14 13 12 11 10 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cohen, Sheldon S. (Sheldon Samuel), 1931– Commodore Abraham Whipple of the Continental Navy : privateer, patriot, pioneer / Sheldon S. Cohen ; foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene Allen Smith. p. cm.—(New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8130-3433-1 (alk. paper); ISBN 978-0-8130-3832-2 (e-book) 1. Whipple, Abraham, 1733–1819. 2. Ship captains—United States— Biography. 3. United States. Continental Navy—Biography. 4. United States—History—Revolution, 1775–1783—Naval operations. 5. United States—History—French and Indian War, 1755–1763—Naval operations. 6. Privateering—United States—History—18th century. 7. Pioneers—Ohio—Biography. 8. Ohio—Biography. I. Title. E207.W47C644 2010 359.0092—dc22 [B] 2009025054 The University Press of Florida is the scholarly publishing agency for the State University System of Florida, comprising Florida A&M University, Florida Atlantic University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida International University, Florida State University, New College of Florida, University of Central Florida, University of Florida, University of North Florida, University of South Florida, and University of West Florida. University Press of Florida 15 Northwest 15th Street Gainesville, FL 32611-2079 http://www.upf.com To Benjamin Who represents the future Where lies the land to which the ship would go? Far, far ahead, is all her seamen know. And where the land she travels from? Away, Far, far behind is all that they can say. Arthur Hugh Clough, 1819–61 ...