Gilman Family Papers, 1662-1891

Title:

Gilman Family Papers, 1662-1891

Creator:

Gilman family

Accession / Call Number:

2025.036 (m)

Object ID:

2025.036 (m)

Date:

1662-1891

Bulk Dates:

1779-1814

Physical Description:

2 folders and 1 oversized folder, 38 items

Level of Description:

Collection

Scope and Content:

The Gilman Family Papers contain correspondence, receipts, writings, political papers, and photographs from the prominent Exeter, NH, Gilman family, including Nicholas Gilman Jr., John Taylor Gilman, and Nathaniel Gilman. The letters detail political matters at the local, national, and international levels, discussing such topics as the New Hampshire General Court, the controversy over the Jay Treaty, the impact of the French Revolution (in a letter from Bordeaux, France), and the Embargo Act. The collection also includes personal correspondence, notably two letters describing the illness and death of Nicholas Gilman in Philadelphia, PA, in 1814 from typhus fever. \n \n A variety of additional documents are included in this collection, such as a 1662 deed from Moses Gilman to John Folsom, the appointment of Nicholas Gilman as U.S. Senator, genealogical information, and George Washington's speech to the U.S. Senate on April 16, 1794. Of note are five documents relating to the purchase, education, and manumission of Andrew Dorsey, a 13-year-old enslaved boy, by Nicholas Gilman. These include a letter detailing the purchase price (1809), a receipt of the purchase (1809), a document outlining the terms of his service (1810), and two receipts for payments towards his education (1816 and undated). \n \n The photographs are of the Gilman and Folsom house in Exeter, NH, as well as of identified and unidentified family members. The materials in this collection are dated 1662, 1779-1814, and 1891.\n

Subjects:

Correspondence, Death, Dogs, Dwellings, Embargo, Enslaved persons--Emancipation, France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799, Governors, Legislators, Medicine--Practice, New Hampshire--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Photographs, Politicians, Politics and government, Portrait miniatures, Receipts (Acknowledgements), Slavery, Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, with the United States of America (1794 November 19), Typhus fever

Locations:

Exeter, NH
Philadelphia, PA
Washington, DC

People:

Gilman, Nicholas, 1755-1814, Gilman, John Taylor, 1753-1828, Gilman, Nathaniel, 1759-1847, Gilman, Moses, Folsom, John, Washington, George, 1732-1799, Bowen, Clarence Winthrop, 1852-1935, Dorsey, Andrew

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society purchase.

Location Code:

TL/1W, TL/1W - Oversize

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Preferred Citation:

Item title, Gilman Family Papers, 2025.036 (m). New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, NH. Date accessed.