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Necessity of adoption
==Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention==
==Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention==
Gilman served as a member of the [[Continental Congress]] from 1787-1789; during this time, he represented his state at the [[Constitutional Convention]]. Though he arrived late to the proceedings, he played an active role in helping to shape the document.<ref name=mil /> The other member of the New Hampshire delegation to the Convention was [[John Langdon]].
Gilman served as a member of the [[Continental Congress]] from 1787-1789; during this time, he represented his state at the [[Constitutional Convention]]. Though he arrived late to the proceedings, he played an active role in helping to shape the document.<ref name=mil /> The other member of the New Hampshire delegation to the Convention was [[John Langdon]].
The day after the conclusion of the convention, Gilman wrote fondly of the newly formed Constitution and the necessity of its adoption. He said of it that it was: "the best that could meet the unanimous concurrence of the States in Convention; it was done by bargain and Compromise, yet, notwithstanding its imperfections, on the adoption of it depends (in my feeble judgment) whether we shall become a respectable nation, or a people torn to pieces by intestine commotions, and rendered contemptible for ages."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=dTJMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA109 The Gilman Family, Traced in the Line of Hon. John Gilman, of Exeter, N.H.: With an Account of Many Other Gilmans in England and America]</ref>
==Later Political Service==
==Later Political Service==