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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gilman , Nicholas 1755 -1814 (search)
Gilman, Nicholas 1755-1814
Legislator; born in Exeter, N. H., Aug. 3, 1755; entered the Continental army in 1776; and served during the remainder of the war. He was with Washington at the surrender of Yorktown, where it became his duty to take an account of the prisoners.
In September, 1787, he was a delegate to the convention to frame the Constitution of the United States; and in 1805-14 held a seat in the United States Senate.
He died in Exeter, N. H., May 2, 1814.