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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06846.03 |
| From Archive Folder | Sarah Lydia Gilpin's diaries |
| Title | Diary of Sarah Gilpin |
| Date | 4 August 1863-11 June 1864 |
| Author | Gilpin, Sarah Lydia (1802-1894) |
| Document Type | Diary |
| Content Description | Pages numbered 193 - 382 April 22: Author's mother's birthday June 8: The author's mother dies. |
| Subjects | Woman Author Women's History Union Forces Children and Family Death Civil War |
| People | Gilpin, Sarah Lydia (1802-1894) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Gilpin was the daughter of Joshua Gilpin, a Wilmington, Delaware paper manufacturer and a contemporary of E. I du Pont. She was also related to William Gilpin, the first territorial governor of Colorado who accompanied J.C. Fremont on his 1843 expedition. There are Gilpin family papers at the Hagley Museum and Library, the site of the gunpowder works founded by E. I. du Pont in 1802. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |