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Abraham Whipple

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Abraham Whipple 1733-1819, American Revolutionary naval officer, b. Providence, R.I. In 1759-60, as captain of the privateer Game Cock in the French and Indian Wars , he captured numerous prizes. Whipple commanded the party of Rhode Islanders that captured and burned the British revenue cutter Gaspee in Narragansett Bay in 1772, one of the most provocative instances of resistance to the British in the pre-Revolutionary period. At the beginning of the American Revolution he was made commodore of Rhode Island's small fleet and then became fourth-ranking captain in the Continental navy.... Read more
Whipple, Abraham
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Whipple, Abraham (1733–1819) Revolutionary War naval...Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Abraham Whipple captured 23 French prizes in six months...but when the city fell to the British Whipple was captured. He was paroled but saw no... Read more
Huston, Walter
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...the director John Huston; 2) Bayonne Whipple, 1914; 3) Nanette Eugenia Sunderland...vaudeville after forming a team with Bayonne Whipple, whom he later married; 1924 —...The Virginian (Fleming) (as Trampas); Abraham Lincoln (Griffith) (title role); The...patriarchal figure: President Lincoln in ... Read more

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Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 2/17/2000; ; 700+ words ; Blaine sophomore Dan Whipple Jr. winces when he remembers the training regimen he put...he said. But they were really helpful. So helpful that Whipple was selected boys' Metro Skier of the Year by the Minnesota...team. I'm shocked, especially since I'm a sophomore, said Whipple, who also will compete in the ... Read more
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Newspaper article from: New Haven Register; 6/10/2007; ; 700+ words ; NAUVOO, Ill. -- Chandler Whipple logged his third 1,000-mile drive from Salt Lake City to...everyone from out there has to make a pilgrimage," joked Whipple. "They don't, but a lot do." Up to 1.5 million visitors a...first-year attendance three years later at Springfield's Abraham Lincoln Presidential ... Read more
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Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 8/19/1999; ; 700+ words ; IPSWICH -- The 1655 Whipple House, which is celebrating...people on the scene were the Whipples themselves. They were all...before being purchased by Abraham Bond, a stocking weaver from...production. By the 1890s, the Whipple House was in run-down but...the house from the son of Abraham Bond, ... Read more
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Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 11/2/2007; ; 55 words ; ...McDonald 2. Little Caesars -- Pizza Treat 3. Charmin's George Whipple -- Edward Bartholomew, Co. Pres. 4. Mrs. Paul's Kitchens -- Mrs. Piszek's Kitchens 5. Log Cabin Syrup -- Abraham Lincoln Syrup 6. Arby's -- Big Tex 7. Reese's Pieces -- PB... Read more
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Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 9/21/2005; 318 words ; Births MERITER HOSPITAL ABRAHAM, Rozina, and SIUM, Semere, Madison, a daughter, Sept. 20...WENKMAN, Samantha and Michael II, Madison, a son, Sept. 20. WHIPPLE, Kendra and Tyler, Madison, a daughter, Sept. 20. ST. MARYS...Matthew, Edgerton, a son, Sept. 19. BOTHUN, Jennifer, and ABRAHAM, Christopher, Oregon, ... Read more
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Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/8/1989; 96 words ; Dr. Abraham Litt has been named chief of Norwood Hospital's obstetrics and gynecology...director of marketing and sales. Formerly she was president of Quigley & Whipple advertising market research. Quigley will handle all new business as well... Read more
2 candidates' petitions challenged
Newspaper article from: Glenview Announcements (IL); 2/22/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...The question then became whether to file an objection, Whipple said. "We hemmed and hawed and I said, 'We have a responsibility...candidates elected by acclamation," Crawford stated. Whipple said it was not his party's original intent to try to...assume some kind of conspiracy, that's his choice," ... Read more
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Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 8/20/2006; ; 700+ words ; NAUVOO, Ill. -- Chandler Whipple recently logged his third 1,000- mile drive from Salt Lake...everyone from out there has to make a pilgrimage," joked Whipple. "They don't, but a lot do." Up to 630,000 visitors a year...first-year attendance three years later at Springfield's Abraham Lincoln Presidential ... Read more
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Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 12/3/2006; ; 700+ words ; NAUVOO, Ill. -- Chandler Whipple recently logged his third 1,000- mile drive from Salt Lake...everyone from out there has to make a pilgrimage," joked Whipple. "They don't, but a lot do." Up to 1.5 million visitors a...first-year attendance three years later at Springfield's Abraham Lincoln Presidential ... Read more

Newspaper article from: News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL); 8/19/2006; 700+ words ; The Associated Press NAUVOO, Ill. - Chandler Whipple recently logged his third 1,000-mile drive from Salt Lake...everyone from out there has to make a pilgrimage," joked Whipple. "They don't, but a lot do." Up to 1.5 million visitors a...first-year attendance three years later at Springfield's Abraham ... Read more

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