Descriptive Summary
Charles Gilpin Papers,
1832-1875
Gilpin, Charles, 1815-1874
336 Items .5 Linear
Feet
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Provenance
The Charles Gilpin Papers were purchased by Duke University in
1968.
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Completed ca. 1968
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Biographical Note
Charles Gilpin (1815-1874), British publisher and reform member of
Parliament, belonged to a Quaker family. His father was a Bristol tradesman,
and his mother was the sister of Joseph Sturge, the noted Quaker
philanthropist. Gilpin was a publisher and bookseller in London until 1853. He
became a common councilman for London in 1848. After unsuccessfully contesting
the parliamentary seat for Perth in 1852, he won election for Northampton in
1857 and represented it for the rest of his life. He served as secretary of the
Poor Law Board, 1859-1865. He was a member of the Anti-Slavery Society, the
Hungarian Relief Committee, the Peace Congress Committee, and the National
Freehold Land Society. A few letters indicate his involvement in railway
management. Richard Cobden and Lajos Kossuth were among his friends. Gilpin
married Anna Crouch of Falmouth. Biographical information appears in his
obituary in The Times, Sept. 9, 1874, p. 7, and in Frederic Boase,
Modern English Biography, I, 1152.
Collection Overview
The collection consists of letters written to Gilpin by numerous
persons - a glittering array of mid-nineteenth century reformers. Quakers are
prominent, but the Society of Friends was not discussed. The content is varied
and represents his social and political interests. The publishing business
rarely appears in the correspondence.
Two indexes to the collection have been compiled. The first is a
listing of known correspondents. Their letters are itemized in the Autograph
File. Several signatures could not be identified. The second is a selective
index of references to persons, places, and topics that are mentioned in the
collection, with references to the dates of the letters in which those
references may be found.
Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a
search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will
bring up other related research materials.
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Gilpin, Charles, 1815-1874
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Capital punishment--Great Britain.
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Great Britain--Foreign relations 19th century.
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Great Britain.--Parliament--Reform.
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Great Britain--Social conditions 19th century.
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Poor laws--Great Britain.
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Prison reformers--Great Britain.
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Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--Political
activity.
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Slavery--Great Britain--Anti-slavery movements.
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Social reformers--Great Britain.
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England--London.
Contents of Collection
Accessions 68-355 and Oct. 3, 1972
1
1
1832-1852
2
1834-1872
3
1853-1863
4
1864-1867
5
1868-1875
6
Undated
List of Correspondents
See Autograph File in Card Catalog for the Dates of the Letters
Alsop, Robert
Arnold, Thomas (1816-1897)
Beattie, Alexander
Bernal Osborne, Ralph
Bouverie, Everard William
Bracebridge, Charles
Holte Braithwaite, Joseph
Bevan Brand, Henry
Bouverie William, First Viscount Hampden
Brand, Henry Robert, Second Viscount Hampden
Buck, Cornelius
Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell, Third Baronet
Byng, James
Campbell, John (1794-1867)
Candler, John
Candler, S.
Carpenter, Mary
Childers, Hugh
Culling Eardley
Christy, Joseph Fell [?]
Clark, Daniel Kinnear
Clarke, Ebenezer
Clifton, Sir Robert Juckes, Ninth Baronet
Cobden, Catherine Anne (Williams)
Cobden, Ellen M. A.
Cobden, Richard
Colonna, A.
Cooke, Samuel John [?]
Cooper, Joseph (1800-1881)
Cooper, T.
Courtenay, William Reginald, Eleventh Earl of
Devon
Cowper, G.
Cowper, Henry Frederick
Cowper-Temple, William Francis, First Baron Mount
Temple
Crosfield, George
Crosland, Camilla Dufour (Toulmin)
Davidson, Septimus
Deane, Chr. P.
Dembinski, Henri
Devon, William Reginald Courtenay Eleventh Earl of
[See Courtenay]
Drummond, Henry (1786-1860)
Dudley, Elizabeth
Duncombe, Thomas Slingsby
Earle, Ralph Anstruther
Eden, Anthony Henley, Third Baron Henley
Ellis, Sarah (Stickney)
Ewart, William
Fanshawe, Edward Cardwell
Finch-Hatton, Edward Hatton
Fox, Robert Barclay
Fry, Alfred A. [?]
Gay, John (1813-1885)
Gemma, L. F. D.
Gilpin, Charles
Gilpin, James
Glyn, George Grenfell, Second Baron Wolverton
Grenville, George Nugent, Baron Nugent
Grey, Sir George, Second Baronet
Gurney, Joseph John
Hampden, Henry Bouverle William Brand, First Viscount
[See Brand ]
Hampden, Henry Robert Brand, Second Viscount
[See Brand ]
Harris, John (1802-1856)
Hatton, Edward Hatton Finch
[See Finch-Hatton]
Hawes, Sir Benjamin
Headlam, Thomas Emerson
Henley, Anthony Henley Eden, Third Baron
[See Eden ]
Herbert, Sidney, First Baron
Herbert of Lea
Howitt, William
Hue, Lucy M.
Hume, Joseph
Hutton, Elizabeth (Winder)
Ingham, Robert
Kitching, John
Layard, Sir Austen Henry
Leveson-Gower, Granville George, Second Earl
Granville
Lewis, Jane Isabella (Browne)
Lindsay, William Schaw
Locock, Sir Charles, First Baronet
Lushington, Stephen (1782-1873)
Mackay, Charles Marsh, Edward
May, Caroline
May, Edward C.
Monson, William John, First Viscount Oxenbridge
Morley, Augusta
Morley, Samuel
Mount Temple, William Francis Cowper-Temple, First Baron
[See Cowper-Temple ]
Newman, Francis William
Osborne, Ralph Bernal
[See Bernal Osborne]
Osborne, Lord Sidney Godolphin
Owen, Sir Hugh
Oxenbridge, William John Monson, First Viscount
[See Monson]
Paget, Lord Clarence Edward
Parkes, Amy Sedgwick
Parry, John Humffreys
Patten, John Wilson-, First Baron Winmarleigh
[See Wilson-Patten ]
Pattison, James
Payne, William John
Pearson, Mary Martha
Pease, Edward (1767-1858)
Pease, Edward (1834-1880)
Pease, Joseph (1799-1872)
Pease, Sir Joseph Whitwell, First Baronet
Peto, Sir Samuel Morton, First Baronet
Pope, Samuel
Price, T.
Probyn, J.W.
Ramsden, Sir John William, Fifth Baronet
Raynham, John Villiers Stuart Townshend, Viscount
[See Townshend ]
Reed, Sir Charles
Richard, Henry
Robertson, David
Russell, Arthur John Edward
Salomons, Sir David, First Baronet
Seely, Mary (Hilton)
Sherman, James
Simpson, Joseph
Smiles, Samuel
Somerville, Alexander (1811-1885)
Stanley, Lady Augusta Frederica Elizabeth
(Bruce)
Stanley, Edward (1779-1849)
Stickney, Sarah
Stuart, Lord Dudley Coutts
Sturge, Joseph
Tanner, William
Temple, William Francis Cowper-, First Baron Mount Temple
[See Cowper-Temple]
Thompson, George (1804-1878)
Thompson, Thomas Perronet
Thwaites, Sir John
Torrens, William Torrens McCullagh
Toulmin, Camilla Dufour
[See Crosland ]
Townshend, John Villiers Stuart, Fifth Viscount
Townshend
Villiers, Charles Pelham
Vincent, Henry
Vukovics, Sebastian
Walker, Amasa
Warren, D.
Watkin, Sir Edward William, First Baronet
Wczele, M. G. de, Count
Wczele, Diana Gurowska de
Whatman, Louisa Isabella (Ross)
Whetham, Sir Charles
Wilkinson, Conrad
Wilkinson, Sarah
Wilkinson, William Arthur
Wilson-Patten, John, First Baron Winmarleigh
Winmarleigh, John Wilson-Patten, First Baron
[See Wilson-Patten ]
Wodehouse, Elizabeth Louisa
Wodehouse, Rachel Horatia
Wolverton, George Grenfell Glyn, Second Baron
[See Glyn ]
Woodgate, Arthur George Kennedy
Selective Index of References to Persons, Places, and
Subjects
Abolition Movement
[1850 June 25 ]
[Oct. 6]
Army. Equipment
[1854, Sept. 11]
Beales, Edmond
[1866 (Henley)]
Beresford, Marcus (1800-1876)
[1870 July 5]
Bishopsgate Ward Petition
[1847 Dec. 1]
Borneo Meeting
[1849 Dec. 29]
[1850 Jan. 22]
Borough Road Society
[1850 March 21]
Bowron, James
[1867 Oct. 9]
Bradlaugh, Charles
[1868, Sept. 14]
Brazil, Relations with
[1850 Oct. 6]
Bright, John
[1848]
[1850 Jan. 22]
[1864 June 12]
[1867 May 10]
Buenos Aires Meeting
[1863 Nov. 28]
British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
[1873 Dec. 7]
Burnet, John (1789-1862)
[1852 March 24]
Burritt, Elihu
[1850 Oct. 8, 10, 17]
[1865 Apr. 4]
[n. d. (Cobden)]
Capital Punishment
[1846, April 14, 19]
[1848, March 4, 8]
[1848]
[1864, Jan. 11, 13, Jan]
[1866, June 21]
[1867, May 10, 12]
[undated (Vincent)]
Capital Punishment.
Italy
[1866, June 21]
Cardwell, Edward, First Viscount Cardwell
[1870, Jan. 4]
Carey, George Jackson
[1869, May 31]
Chartism
[1842, Dec. 31]
[1848, Apri1 27]
China, Relations with
[1857, April 4, 18]
Cleveland, Charles Dexter
[1850, July 1]
Cobden, Richard
[1850, Jan. 22, Oct. 10,]
[1865, Apr. 4, 5, 7, May 5, Nov.]
[1867, March 22]
[1850, Sept. 23]
Copway, George
[1850, Oct. 3]
Cotton Districts Relief Fund
[1862, Nov. 12]
Crimean War
[1855, Dec. 5]
Currency. U. S.
[1867, March 22]
Dalhousie, Fox Maule, Eleventh Earl of
[See Maule, Fox, Eleventh Earl of Dalhousie]
David, Professor
[1850, Oct. 10]
Denman, George
[1867, May 10]
Denmark, Relations with
[1850, Oct. 8, 10, 17]
Dickins, Charles
[1850, Oct. 6]
Dissenters
[1847, June 21]
Economic Conditions
[1862, Nov. 12]
[1860's (Villiers)]
Eden, Anthony Henley, Third Baron Henley
[1866, July 25]
Education
[1856, Aug. 18]
[1871, Oct. 24]
Egypt. Relations with
[1873, Dec. 7]
Elections
[1847, June 21]
[1848, Dec. 29]
[1852, March 23, 24 ]
[1857, April 4]
[1865, July 30, Aug. 1 ]
[1868, Sept. 14, Nov. 25, Dec.]
[1870, July 5]
Essays
[1848, July 15]
[1849, Jan. 28]
Forster, Robert
[1850, March 21]
Gladstone, William Ewart
[1857, June 17]
[1870, July 28]
Grey, Sir George, Second Baronet
[1864, Jan.]
Gurney, Joseph John
[1846, March 19]
Gurney, Samuel
[1849, Dec. 29]
[1850, Oct. 17]
Hatfield, Caroline
[1847, March 20]
Henley, Anthony Henley Eden, Third Baron
[See Eden, Anthony Henley, Third Baron Henley]
Heritage, Mr.
[1847, March 20]
Hobart, Vere Henry, Baron Hobart
[1867, March 22]
Hue, Clement
[April 21]
Hungarians in England
[1851, Oct. 3]
[1852, Oct. 28]
[1852 ]
[ca. 1852]
[1859, May 19]
Iron. Mining and Manufacture.
Great Britain
[1867, Oct. 9]
Italy. Relations with
[1859, May 19]
Jackson, Peter
[1848, Oct. 28]
Kah-ge-ga-gah-bough
[See Copway, George]
Kemény, Wolfgang, Baron
[1852 ]
Kiss, Miklos
[1852 ]
Knights and Knighthood
[See also Orders of Knighthood and Chivalry]
Kossuth, Lajos
[1851, Oct. 3]
[1852 ]
[1859, May 19]
[n. d. (Cowper)]
Kramer, Wilhelm (1801-1875)
[[?], April 21]
Lambert, Sir John
[1861 (Villiers)]
Liberal Party
[1866 (Henley)]
Lloyd, Thomas (1814-1890)
[1850, June 25]
Locke, John (1805-1880)
[1862, July 9]
Lycett, Sir Francis
[1870, July 5]
Maule, Fox, Eleventh Earl of Dalhousie
[1852, March 23, 24]
Miall, Edward
[1865, April 5]
Morell, John Daniel
[1864, June 12]
National Freehold Land Company
[1852, Sept. 14 (Possible reference)]
[1854, June 24, Aug. 9 ]
[1856, June 5]
The British Banner
[1848, Jan. 27]
[1850, Oct. 3]
[1852, March 23, 24]
[1853, Sept. 30]
The Non-Slaveholder
[1846, March 27]
Odger, George
[1870, July 5]
Orders of Knighthood and Chivalry.
Great Britain
[1869, May 31 (K. C. M. G.) ]
Parliament
[1854, Aug. 9]
[1857, June 17]
Parliamentary Reform
[1848, April 27]
[1867, May 10]
[n. d. (Vincent)]
Paraons, Arthur
[1863, July 29]
Peace. Congresses.
[1850 July 1]
Pearson, Charles (1794-1862)
[1863, Feb. 14]
Pease, Henry
[1859, Aug. 8]
Perth Election
[1852, March 23, 24]
Poor Laws
[1861]
[1868, Dec. 3]
[1860's (Villiers)]
Prisons
[1846, March 19]
[1848]
[1852, Oct. 27]
Privateering
[1857, June 17]
Prussia, Relations with
[1850, Oct. 8, 10, 17]
Pulazky, Ferencz
[1852 (Stuart)]
Railroads
[1859, Aug. 8]
[1873, Dec. 17, July 5 ]
Railroads.
Hungary
[1869, Nov. 6]
Reconstruction. U. S.
[1867, March 22]
Reed, Sir Charles
[1861, March 20]
Reformatories
[1852, Oct. 27]
Rennie, George or Sir John
[1854, Sept. 11]
Robertson, Mr.
[1863, Nov. 28]
Rogers, Mr.
[1862, Nov. 12]
Russell, Lord John, First Earl Russell
[1850, Oct. 17]
[1860's (Villiers)]
Sherman, James
[1848, July 15]
[1849, Jan. 28]
Slave Trade.
Great Britain
[1850, June 25, Oct. 6]
Slavery. Egypt
[1873, Dec. 7]
Smith, John Benjamin
[1860's (Villiers)]
Smith, Joshua Toulmin
[1852 ]
Stoke Newington Delegation
[1854, Aug. 7]
Stuart, Lord Dudley Coutts
[1852 (Newman)]
Sturge, Joseph
[1850, Oct. 6, 8]
Teleki, László, Szeki gróf
[1852 ]
Temple, Henry John, Third Viscount Palmerston
[1850, Oct. 8]
[1854, Aug. 7, 8]
Transportation of Criminals
[1846, March 19]
Turnbull, David
[1850, June 25]
U. S. Relations with
[1857, June 17]
[1863, Jan. 2]
[1860's (Villiers)]
[1870, July 28]
Vaughan, John (1799-1868)
[1867, Oct. 9]
Villiers, Charles Pelham
[Letter to: 1865, Feb. 3]
Villiers, Henry Montagu
[1861, Aug. 11]
Waterlow, Sir Sydney Hedley, First Baronet
[1870, July 5]
Whigs
[1866 (Henley)]
Wilkinson, William Arthur
[1856, June 5]
[1863, Nov. 28]
[n. d. (Sarah Wilkinson)]
Wise, David
[1842, Dec. 31]
Woreley, Henry
[1849, Jan. 28]