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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06846.07 |
| From Archive Folder | Sarah Lydia Gilpin's diaries |
| Title | Diary of Sarah Gilpin |
| Date | 6 August 1867-16 March 1868 |
| Author | Gilpin, Sarah Lydia (1802-1894) |
| Document Type | Diary |
| Content Description | Pages numbered 1444 - 1675 Note: Last page not numbered August 21, 1867: The author records this date as "my birthday and my dear father's death-day." |
| Subjects | Woman Author Women's History Death |
| People | Gilpin, Sarah Lydia (1802-1894) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | Reconstruction; Women in American History |
| 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 |