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Memoirs of Granville Sharp, Esq. : composed from his own manuscripts, and other authentic documents in the possession of his family and of the African Institution

Title
Memoirs of Granville Sharp, Esq. : composed from his own manuscripts, and other authentic documents in the possession of his family and of the African Institution / by Prince Hoare ; with observations on Mr. Sharp's Biblical criticisms, by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Salisbury ; in two volumes ; Vol. I[-II]
Author
Hoare, Prince, 1755-1834.
Publication
London : Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street, 1828.

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v. 2TextRestricted use Sc Rare B-Sharp (Memoirs of Granville Sharp. 1828) v. 2Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
v. 2TextUse in library AN (Sharp) (Hoare, P. Memoirs of Granville Sharp, esq.) v. 2Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315
v. 2TextUse in library AN (Sharp) (Hoare, P. Memoirs of Granville Sharp, esq.) v. 2Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315
v. 1TextRestricted use Sc Rare B-Sharp (Hoare, P. Memoirs of Granville Sharp. 1828) v. 1Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
v. 1TextUse in library AN (Sharp) (Hoare, P. Memoirs of Granville Sharp, esq.) v. 1Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315
v. 1TextUse in library AN (Sharp) (Hoare, P. Memoirs of Granville Sharp, esq.) v. 1Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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Additional Authors
  • Burgess, Thomas, 1756-1837.
  • Colburn, Henry, -1855
  • Cousins, Samuel, 1801-1887
  • Ellerton & Henderson, printer.
Description
2 v. : port., facsim.; 22 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Subject
  • Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813 > Portraits
  • Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813
  • African Institution (London, England)
  • Abolitionists > Great Britain > Biography
  • Antislavery movements > Great Britain
  • Enslaved persons > Emancipation > Great Britain
  • Slave trade > Great Britain
  • Sierra Leone
Note
  • Includes index.
  • "Ellerton and Henderson, printers, Gough Square, London."--printer statement, verso of title page in both volumes.
  • "Prospectus and list of subscribers to the first edition"--v. 1, p. [vii]-[xv].
  • Portrait engraved by Samuel Cousins.
  • Vol. 1: [15], xviii-xlviii, [4], 390 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: [3], vi-xi, 404, lxvii, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates.
Bibliography (note)
  • "Catalogue by Mr. Sharp of works written by him, & c."--v. 2, p. [341]-354.
Provenance (note)
  • inscribed: in ink on recto of first free endleaf in v. 1 "The conviction that these volumes contain the memoirs of one of the most benevolent men of the last century induces a near relation of the deceased to recommend them to the perusal of Mrs. Lee Warner." This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
Call Number
Sc Rare B-Sharp (Hoare, P. Memoirs of Granville Sharp. 1828)
OCLC
  • 17625386
  • NYPGR17625386-B
Author
Hoare, Prince, 1755-1834.
Title
Memoirs of Granville Sharp, Esq. : composed from his own manuscripts, and other authentic documents in the possession of his family and of the African Institution / by Prince Hoare ; with observations on Mr. Sharp's Biblical criticisms, by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Salisbury ; in two volumes ; Vol. I[-II]
Imprint
London : Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street, 1828.
Edition
Second edition.
Bibliography
"Catalogue by Mr. Sharp of works written by him, & c."--v. 2, p. [341]-354.
Provenance
Copy in Sc Rare B-Sharp (accession nos. B526858, B526910) inscribed: in ink on recto of first free endleaf in v. 1 "The conviction that these volumes contain the memoirs of one of the most benevolent men of the last century induces a near relation of the deceased to recommend them to the perusal of Mrs. Lee Warner." This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
Local Note
Schomburg Center researchers are restricted to the microform copy in: Sc Micro R-3521.
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Added Author
Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813 -- Portraits.
Burgess, Thomas, 1756-1837.
Colburn, Henry, -1855, publisher.
Ellerton & Henderson, printer.
Cousins, Samuel, 1801-1887, engraver.
Warner, Lee, active 19th century, former owner. NN
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
Research Call Number
Sc Rare B-Sharp (Hoare, P. Memoirs of Granville Sharp. 1828)
AN (Sharp) (Hoare, P. Memoirs of Granville Sharp, esq.)
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