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Size | About 120 items |
Abstract | William Reese Sharpe practiced medicine in Fulton, Davie County, N.C., from about 1840 to 1896. The collection includes two account books, 1873-1876, from Sharpe's medical practice, other financial and legal records of Sharpe, land deeds and indentures from Davie County, N.C., and a photograph of Sharpe. |
Creator | Sharpe, William Reese, fl. 1840-1896. |
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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William Reese Sharpe practiced medicine in Fulton, Davie County, N.C., from about 1840 to 1896. He married Emma Amanda Hanes and had one child, Adelia Imogene Sharpe.
Back to TopThe collection includes two account books, 1873-1876, from William Reese Sharpe's medical practice, other financial and legal records of Sharpe, land deeds and indentures from Davie County, N.C., and a photograph of Sharpe.
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Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
Wills and last testaments, 1804-1886 |
Folder 2 |
Land deeds and indentures, 1789 |
Folder 3 |
Land deeds and indentures, 1800-1813 |
Folder 4 |
Land deeds and indentures, 1814-1843 |
Folder 5 |
Land deeds and indentures, 1845-1859 |
Folder 6 |
Land deeds and indentures, 1860-1892 |
Folder 7 |
Bills, receipts, and promissory notes, 1843-1896 |
Image Folder PF-4232/1 |
Photograph of William Reese Sharpe |
Folder 8 |
Miscellaneous |
Folder 9 |
Volume 1: Medical account book, 1873-1874 |
Folder 10 |
Volume 2: Medical account book, 1876 |
Photograph (PF-4232/1).
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