| Lcnaf uri | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002027175 |
| Last name | Whipple |
| First name | Abraham |
| Display name | Captain Abraham Whipple |
| Birth date | 1733 |
| Death date | 1819 |
| Birth place | Providence |
| Death place | Ohio |
| Gender | m |
| Affiliations | review |
| Bio notes | American revolutionary commander in the Continental Navy and later one of the founders of Marietta, Ohio. Sank the first British ship of the American Revolution, and was the first to sail an ocean-going ship downriver from Ohio to the Caribbean, which opened trade with the Northwest Territory. Commanding officer at Fort Wayne (1804), friend to Gerard Hopkins. |
A Mission to the Indians from the Indian Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting to Fort Wayne, in 1804