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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wallace , Sir James -1803 (search)
Wallace, Sir James -1803
Naval officer; commanded the British fleet at Newport, R. I., in 1775, where he had a laconic correspondence with Capt. Abraham Whipple (q. v.). He bore General Vaughan's marauding land force up the Hudson River in October, 1777; and in 1779 was captured by D'Estaing.
In Rodney's battle with De Grasse, on April 12, 1782, he commanded the Warrior.
In 1794 he was made rear-admiral; in 1795 vice-admiral; and in 1801 admiral of the blue.
He was governor of Newfoundland from 1793 to 1795.
He died in London, March 6, 1803.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Whipple , Abraham 1733 - (search)
Whipple, Abraham 1733-
Naval officer; born in Providence, R. I., Sept. 16, 1733; went to sea in early life; commanded a ship in the West India trade, and in 1759-60 was captain of a privateer, capturing in a single cruise twenty-six French vessels.
His vessel was called the Game Cock.
In June, 1772, Whipple commanded the volunteers who burned the Gaspee in Narraganset Bay.
In 1775 he was put in command of two armed vessels fitted out by Rhode Island, and was given the title of commodore on.
It consisted of one 54-gun ship, two 44-gun ships, four of thirty-two guns, and the Sandwich, also an armed ship.
Whipple was in the outer harbor with a flotilla of small vessels.
Finding he could not prevent the British ships from passing the bar, he fell back to the waters immediately in front of Charleston and transferred all the crews and
Abraham Whipple. guns of his vessels, excepting one, to the batteries on the shore.
The commodore sunk most of his own and some merchant vesse