The boy seems to have been a sickly child, who was to die When John II died in 1727 he left three children, a son, John Hosier Sharp (1721?-1734), and daughters Elizabeth and Mary. According to Mrs Prowse, in the division which was actually made the larger part of the Archbishop’s collection went to his son John II, whereas the printedĬatalogue preface suggested that the larger part had gone to Thomas. Archbishop Sharp in his will had left to his sons John and Thomas “all my books whatsoever to beĮqually divided between them” (Borthwick Institute, Will of Archbishop John Sharp). Received about the printed catalogue’s preface (Gloucestershire Archives, Lloyd-Baker Papers D/9, transcript at Bamburgh Library MS C8). However, it contained some significant errors, which were pointed out in a note about the descent of the collection which was written about 1800 by Mrs Elizabeth Prowse (1733-1810), daughter of Thomas Sharp I, in response to an enquiry she had This account was reprinted unaltered in the enlarged, 2 volume catalogue of the library which the Crewe Trustees published in 1859. This,Īccording to the preface to the printed catalogue, included the greater part of the Archbishop’s library, which on his death in 1714 had descended to John Sharp III’s father, Thomas Sharp I, and then, on the latter’s death in 1758, to John Sharp In 1778 John Sharp III arranged for the trustees to purchase for £360 the library of his younger brother Thomas Sharp II (died 1772) who had been Perpetual Curate of Bamburgh, and in 1792 bequeathed his own library to the trustees. The moving spirit was Archbishop Sharp’s grandson, John Sharp III, who was himself a Crewe Trustee, as his father Thomas I hadĪlso been. The first printed catalogue of the Bamburgh Library, published by the trustees of Lord Crewe’s Charity in the later 1790’s, included in the preface an account of how the Sharp family’s book collection had come into the trustees’ possession (Ī Catalogue of the Library at Bamburgh Castle, (Durham: printed by L. Both sides were designed by Elizabeth Jones.Thomas Sharp (1725-72), Perpetual Curate of Bamburgh (grandson) The obverse of the Statue of Liberty half eagle features a close-up view of the Statue of Liberty's face, while the reverse depicts a bald eagle in flight. Obverse (left) and reverse (right) of the dollar The reverse, also designed by Mercanti but with assistance from Matthew Peloso, features the statue's torch and a quote from Emma Lazarus' 1883 poem The New Colossus. The obverse of the Statue of Liberty dollar, designed by John Mercanti, features the Statue of Liberty in front of the main building of Ellis Island. Obverse (left) and reverse (right) of the half dollar Winter, depicts an immigrant family viewing America from Ellis Island. Steever, features a view of the Statue of Liberty in 1913 with an immigrant ship in the background. The obverse of the Statue of Liberty half dollar, designed by Edgar Z. The act allowed the coins to be struck in both proof and uncirculated finishes. 99–61) authorized the production of three coins, a clad half dollar, a silver dollar, and a gold half eagle, to commemorate the centennial of the Statue of Liberty ( Liberty Enlightening the World). The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Commemorative Coin Act ( Pub.L.