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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately About 330 items) |
Abstract | Leander Quincy Sharpe was a lawyer, of Statesville, Iredell County, N.C., and member of the North Carolina state legislature. The collection includes Sharpe's papers, consisting primarily of wills, deeds, legal correspondence and proceedings, and personal bills and accounts in the 1850s. Also included are eight letters from Sharpe to his wife, Mary Emmeline (McKee) Sharpe, while he was a member of the North Carolina General Assembly during the Civil War, discussing only his health and making references to family members. |
Creator | Sharpe, Leander Quincy, 1816-1866. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Leander Quincy Sharpe (1816-1866) was a lawyer, of Statesville, Iredell County, N.C., and member of the North Carolina state legislature. Sharpe attended Davidson College, 1838-1839, but did not complete his studies due to poor health. He married Mary Emmeline McKee of Iredell County, 19 March 1845. They settled in Statesville where Sharpe practiced law. Sharpe was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1856, 1864, and 1865. He was a member of the State Senate from 1860 to 1862. A short time before his death he was elected solicitor for the Iredell District, at that time including the entire Western part of the state.
Back to TopThe collection includes papers of Leander Quincy Sharpe and consist primarily of wills, deeds, legal correspondence and proceedings, and personal bills and accounts in the 1850s. Also included are eight letters from Sharpe to his wife, Mary Emmeline (McKee) Sharpe, while he was a member of the North Carolina General Assembly during the Civil War, discussing only his health and making references to family members. There are also some papers of other members of the Sharpe family including letters to Tizrah Sharpe, one from her cousin Robert D. Gorrell written while imprisoned at Johnson's Island, Ohio, 1864; and one from Henry A. Chambers of the 49th North Carolina Regiment, May 1865, concerning his disillusionment upon returning home at the close of the war.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1822-1849 |
Folder 2 |
1850-1852 |
Folder 3 |
1853-1854 |
Folder 4 |
1855-1857 |
Folder 5 |
1858-1859 |
Folder 6 |
1860-1861 |
Folder 7 |
1862-1864 |
Folder 8 |
1865-1884 and undated |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-2374/1 |
Broadside about Phrenology |