Joshua Gilpin letterbook on microfilm 0789 This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on September 14, 2021. Description is written in: English. Describing Archives: A Content Standard Manuscripts and Archives PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library Joshua Gilpin letterbook on microfilm 0789 Table of Contents Summary Information .................................................................................................................................... 3 Biographical Note .......................................................................................................................................... 3 Scope and Contents ........................................................................................................................................ 4 Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................ 4 Related Materials ........................................................................................................................................... 5 Controlled Access Headings .......................................................................................................................... 6 Collection Inventory ....................................................................................................................................... 6 - Page 2 - Joshua Gilpin letterbook on microfilm 0789 Summary Information Repository: Manuscripts and Archives Creator: Gilpin, Joshua, 1765-1841 Title: Joshua Gilpin letterbook on microfilm ID: 0789 Date [inclusive]: 1770-1848 Physical Description: 1 item(s) Physical Description: 1 microfilm reel. Language of the English . Material: Abstract: Joshua Gilpin (1765-1841) was a merchant and paper manufacturer in Delaware. This collection is a microfilm of letters in a scrapbook, including correspondence from Gilpin, Thomas Gilpin (1776-1853), and others. ^ Return to Table of Contents Biographical Note Joshua Gilpin (1765-1841) was a merchant and paper manufacturer. He was born in Philadelphia on November 8, 1765, the son of Thomas Gilpin (1728-1778), a merchant and flour miller. Gilpin inherited his father's business and in 1787 established Delaware's first paper mill on the Brandywine Creek near Wilmington with his brother, Thomas (1776-1853), and his uncle, Miers Fisher (1748-1819). Gilpin made two extensive tours of England and Europe in 1795 to 1801 and 1811 to 1815, during which he examined many of the latest advances in technology and machinery. During his travels from 1795 to 1801, he spent most of his time in England with a distant relative, the Reverend William Gilpin (1724-1804). He, Joshua, made an excursion to Ireland in 1796 and, after the French Revolution abated, toured the Low Countries, France, and Switzerland. Gilpin followed the standard itinerary of the Grand Tour but also investigated agriculture, canals, roads, and manufacturing industries. Gilpin was a careful observer who recorded both conventional travel narratives and site descriptions and collected data on political and social conditions, wages, and the standard of living. His perspective was that of a Quaker with reforming impulses, exemplified by his interest in prisons and education. His extensive travels gave him a more cosmopolitan outlook than most Philadelphia Quakers, and he absorbed many tastes and attitudes of the English gentry with whom he lived. Gilpin's English connections permitted him to visit all the classic sites of the Industrial Revolution. - Page 3- Joshua Gilpin letterbook on microfilm 0789 Gilpin made a second trip to England in 1811 to 1815, being stranded there during the War of 1812. On this second visit he collected information on the newly developed continuous papermaking machines of John Dickinson (1782-1869). His brother, Thomas, "invented" and patented a similar machine, the first of its kind in the U.S., in 1817. It was set up in the brothers' Brandywine Mill. The Gilpins gave up their mercantile business in 1817 to concentrate on papermaking. Although successful, they suffered from a shortage of capital compounded by losses on other investments. They sold the paper mill in 1837. Joshua Gilpin married Mary Dilworth (1777-1864) on August 5, 1800 in Yealand Conyers, Lancashire, England. They had eight children: Henry Dilworth (1801-1860), Sarah Lydia (1802-1894), Elizabeth (1805-1892), Jane (1806-1806), Thomas William (1806-1848), Mary Sophia (1810-1890), Richard Arthington (1812-1887), and William (1815-1894). In his later years, Joshua Gilpin lived in the style of an English country gentleman at his home, "Kentmere," near Wilmington. He died on August 22, 1841 and was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia. ^ Return to Table of Contents Scope and Contents Microfilm of letters in a scrapbook which includes correspondence of others than Joshua Gilpin (1765-1841), with some of his brother, Thomas Gilpin (1776-1853). ^ Return to Table of Contents Administrative Information Publication Statement Manuscripts and Archives PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library Revision Description Ashley Williams 2020 - Page 4- Joshua Gilpin letterbook on microfilm 0789 Access Restrictions No restrictions on access; this collection is open for research. Location of Originals Originals in the Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. Use Restrictions Not to be reproduced. ^ Return to Table of Contents Related Materials Related Materials Joshua Gilpin and James Riddle miscellany (0463), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library. Joshua Gilpin journal (accession 0563), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library. Joshua Gilpin letters (0592), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library. Joshua Gilpin notes on bleaching process of paper (0790), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library. Joshua Gilpin journals (accession 1214), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library. Joshua and Thomas Gilpin Collection, 1771-1854 (Manuscript Group 58), Pennsylvania State Archives. Gilpin Family Papers (Collection 0238), The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. ^ Return to Table of Contents - Page 5- Joshua Gilpin letterbook on microfilm 0789 Controlled Access Headings • Correspondence. • Education • Social history Collection Inventory Title/Description Instances Captain John Van Dyk to John Pintard, 1821 August 24 reel 1 A.E. Mills to James F. Maury, 1910 January 11 reel 1 Cheque, Bank of New York to Treasurer of the United States, 1789 reel 1 September 13 James Maury to Mrs. Mary Claiborne, 1797 September 9 reel 1 Certificate of ship's merchandise on the Liberty at Liverpool, 1800 reel 1 November 1-1800 November 10 Oath of truthfulness of statement of contents, James Maury, 1801 reel 1 January 10 Drawing, 1814 March 4 reel 1 Cover, "P. Can of the Bath Men 1814", 1814 reel 1 Joshua Gilpin to Joseph Townsend, 1816 October 4 reel 1 Joseph Townsend to Joshua Gilpin, 1816 December 10 reel 1 William Fowler, et al. to James Maddison Broome, 1816 June 21 reel 1 John E. Fowler to Joshua Gilpin, 1817 March 24 reel 1 William Fowler to Joshua Gilpin, 1818 January 11 reel 1 James C. Fisher to Joshua Gilpin, 1817 January 15 reel 1 List of queries beginning "Daniel Morris has had possession", reel 1 undated Walker to Joshua Gilpin, 1820 June 17 reel 1 William Radcliff to W.T. Gilpin, undated reel 1 Scope and Contents Also includes letter draft by Gilpin. [Joshua Gilpin] to William Radcliff, 1810 May 23 reel 1 - Page 6- Joshua Gilpin letterbook on microfilm 0789 [unknown] to "My dear Madam", 1820 May 23 reel 1 Joshua Gilpin to "Sir", 1820 July 29 reel 1 Joshua Gilpin to "Dear Madam", 1820 August 8 reel 1 Rufus King to Joshua Gilpin, 1822 March 27 reel 1 Daniel Clintin (?) to Joshua Gilpin, 1822 April 22 reel 1 Peter S. Du Ponceau to Joshua Gilpin, 1825 October 10 reel 1 James Maury to Joshua Gilpin, 1827 April 30 reel 1 Brig. Gen. Bernir (?) to Joshua Gilpin, 1828 June 14 reel 1 Brig. Gen. Bernir (?) to Joshua Gilpin, 1827 February 9 reel 1 Charles Carroll to "Dear Charles", 1828 September 2 reel 1 J. Vaughan to Joshua Gilpin, 1828 January 14 reel 1 L. McLane to Joshua Gilpin, 1828 January 27 reel 1 H. Clay to [Joshua Gilpin], 1829 January 2 reel 1 Jane Porter to Mary Mease, 1829 July 31 reel 1 J.K. Kane, et al. to Joshua Gilpin, 1829 October 7 reel 1 Louis McLane to Joshua Gilpin, 1829 December 14 reel 1 Cover to Joshua Gilpin, undated reel 1 J. Madison to Mr. Johnston, 1830 May 14 reel 1 Louis McLane to Joshua Gilpin, 1830 August 25 reel 1 Josius W. King to Joshua Gilpin, 1830 August 22 reel 1 [Joshua Gilpin] to [Josius W.] King, 1830 August 26 reel 1 L. McLane to Joshua Gilpin, 1831 January 20 reel 1 [M. Van Buren] to [Joshua Gilpin], 1831 reel 1 I.C. Calhon (?) to Mrs. J.S. Johnston, 1831 January 22 reel 1 William E. Channing to "My dear sir", undated reel 1 Thomas H. Benton to [unknown], 1840 April 23 reel 1 W.L. Marcy to Seth Grovesner, 1848 March 7 reel 1 Wright Babcock to James F. Maury, 1804 August 17 reel 1 [Grandfather] to "My d'r Brother", undated reel 1 W.H. Wilberforce to "Dear James", undated reel 1 T. Campbell to J. Rogers, undated reel 1 Three cards bearing signatures D.G. Farragut, U.S. Grant and {??), reel 1 undated - Page 7- Joshua Gilpin letterbook on microfilm 0789 Gros. Davis to "Sir", 1863 March 9 reel 1 Receipt of 600