IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0103 SHARPE 61-156
Held at: University College London
Title: Sharpe Family Papers
Date(s): Created 1755-1952
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 16 boxes
Name of creator(s): Sharpe | family
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Sutton Sharpe (1756-1806) was the son of Joseph Sharpe and Ann Telford. Sutton married Catharine Purchase (d 1791) and had one daughter Catharine (1782-1853). He then married Maria Roger (1771-1806), sister of the poet Samuel Rogers. They had six children: Sutton (1797-1843) a barrister at Lincoln's Inn, Samuel (1799-1881) a businessman, Mary (1800-1831), Henry (1802-1873), William (1804-1870) a solicitor, and Daniel (b ? 1805). William married Lucy Reid (1814-1895) and they had eight children.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Family papers, correspondence, diaries, account books and other papers of Sutton Sharpe Senior, Catharine Sharpe, Samuel Sharpe, Sutton Sharpe, William Sharpe and Lucy Sharpe. There are also papers and family correspondence relating to William and Lucy's children.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The papers are arranged in the following sections: papers and correspondence of Sutton Sharpe (1756-1806) and his family; Catherine Sharpe (diaries; correspondence; Spanish Refugee Fund; account books); papers and correspondence of Samuel Sharpe and his family; Sutton Sharpe (1797-1843) (correspondence; miscellaneous); William Sharpe (diaries and journals; family correspondence; general correspondence; papers relating to his uncle Samuel Rogers; miscellaneous papers); Lucy Sharpe (travel diaries; family letters; general correspondence; miscellaneous papers); Lucy and William Sharpe's children (miscellaneous papers and family correspondence; papers of various named individuals; general correspondence; library catalogues; genealogical notes and correspondence of Loetitia Sharpe).
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Published handlist by Jacqueline Golden, The Sharpe Papers (1715-1935) (The Library, University College London, Occasional Publication no 8, 1983), with name index.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented as part of the Sharpe Papers.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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Related material:
University College London Special Collections holds the Sharpe Papers, the other sub-fonds comprising the Rogers Family Papers (Ref: SHARPE 1-60); the Reid Family Papers (Ref: SHARPE 157-175); the Kenrick Family Papers (Ref: SHARPE 176-198); Miscellaneous Sharpe, Reid and Kenrick Papers (Ref: SHARPE 199-212).
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Date(s) of descriptions: 1999