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Ep 4: Final Square – Judge, Heart’s End & The Steady Legacy - William Whipple
What’s up, you magnificent bastards? 👊 The final episode of The Sea Captain General — our 4-part deep dive into Brother William Whipple.
After Saratoga, Whipple returns to New Hampshire for the long postwar grind: state assembly, judge of the superior court riding circuit, financial receiver, and steady community leader. We walk the unglamorous but essential work of building a functioning state while heart issues from decades at sea finally catch up. He dies in 1785 at age 55 after falling from his horse on circuit.
A life measured by steady service — from quarterdeck to courtroom — until the…
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