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==Early life==

==Early life==

On August 3, 1755, Gilman was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in the Ladd-Gilman House.<ref name=house>[https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/constitution/site13.htm LADD-GILMAN HOUSE (Cincinnati Memorial Hall) New Hampshire]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=uvs1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA70 Historic homes of New England]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=gmAiAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA409 American Homes and Gardens, Volume 11], The Ladd-Gilman House</ref>  He was the second son of eight children; his older brother was [[John Taylor Gilman]], a future Governor of New Hampshire.  After attending local schools, he worked as a clerk in his father’s countinghouse.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000215 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]</ref><ref name=mil>[http://www.history.army.mil/books/RevWar/ss/gilman.htm NICHOLAS GILMAN, New Hampshire]</ref>

On August 3, 1755, Gilman was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in the Ladd-Gilman House.<ref name=house>[https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/constitution/site13.htm LADD-GILMAN HOUSE (Cincinnati Memorial Hall) New Hampshire]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=uvs1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA70 Historic homes of New England]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=gmAiAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA409 American Homes and Gardens, Volume 11], The Ladd-Gilman House</ref>  He was the second son of eight children; his older brother was [[John Taylor Gilman]], a future Governor of New Hampshire.  After attending local schools, he worked as a clerk in his father's countinghouse.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000215 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]</ref><ref name=mil>[http://www.history.army.mil/books/RevWar/ss/gilman.htm NICHOLAS GILMAN, New Hampshire]</ref>

==Military Service==

==Military Service==

==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 to 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>

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>