Gilpin, William, (1724-1804), Clergyman Educationist Biographer Topographer

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Surname:	Gilpin
Forenames:	William
Gender:	Male
Date:	1724-1804
Biography:	ODNB link for Gilpin, William (1724-1804) Clergyman Educationist Biographer Topographer
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P165749 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P11324 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for William Gilpin

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1658-1927: corresp and papers	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Eng misc b 73, c 387-93, d 556-88, e 486-539, f 178-378	NRA 8157 Gilpin
2	1749-1825: additional papers incl mss of printed works and corresp to his wife	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS. Eng. lett. b. 36, c. 534; Eng. misc. d. 1204-7, e. 1318-26; Eng. poet. c. 71, d. 221-4, e. 175-8; Lat. misc. c. 94
3	'Hints for Sermons'	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections		See Bodleian Library Annual Report, 1996-97
4	1781: notebooks and vol I of Observations on Natural History	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS. Eng. e. 3326-9	See Bodleian Library Record Nov 1982 p51
5	1782-86: letters to Mrs Delany	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS.Eng.lett.b.27 ff.33-61	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
6	1777-1804: letters, mostly to Sir Harry Bernard Neale and Lady Neale	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS.Eng.lett.d.195 ff.58-112	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
7	1791: notebook containing draft remarks on forest scenery	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections		See Annual Return 2001
8	1798: autograph letter sent to publishers Cadell and Davies	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	11499	See Annual Return 2015
9	MS of 'Instructions for examining landscape'	Cambridge University: Fitzwilliam Museum		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
10	1763-92: corresp rel to education of John Grimston's sons at Cheam	East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Local Studies Service	DDGR	NRA 13468 Grimston
11	watercolours and text: 'On Sunsets'	Oxford University: Magdalen College Archives	MS 686	NRA 20579 Magdalen Coll
12	1772: notebook containing sketches and notes on Charles Hamilton's garden at Painswick	Surrey History Centre	6701	NRA 3518 Surrey RO misc
13	c1790: journal of imaginary tour	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library	MSL.1983/38	NRA 38891 V & A Museum
14	1770: (copy) annotations and illustrations to MS of John "Warwick" Smith 'Observations on the River Wye, and some parts of South Wales'	British Library, Manuscript Collections	RP 151
15	1764: fragment of 'Description of the Thames from London to Windsor', with drawings by Sawrey Gilpin	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library	MSS, P 28	NRA 13466 V & A Museum