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Essential Reading
The Law Reports: Chancery Appeal Cases
SHARPE v. SAN PAULO RAILWAY COMPANY, 1873
Vol. VIII, 1872-73, pp597-613
Gives a detailed overview of transactions between Sharpe
& Sons, San Paulo Railway Company and James Brunlees the
engineer. Manchester University Library.
Copy SJT.
Railroad To Ruin
Article by Leslie Blake about the Sharpe v. SPR
case. This article doesn't contain any additional
information to the law report, but it's much more concise
and easy to read.
pp39-44, Chapter 6, The Best of Mainly for Students,
Vol.2
Select Committee on Railway Labourers, 1846
The evidence of Mr. John Sharp of Durham, pp182-189.
Report from the Select Committee on Railway Labourers;
together with the minutes of the evidence and index.
pp. xiv. 202. 54. Irish University Press: Shannon,
[1968.] fol. B.S. Ref: 18/12. The British
Library. Copy SJT.
A Gateway to Brazil
Article on Michael J. Irlam's web site which does not
directly mention the Sharpe's, but gives a great overview of
the building of the San Paulo Railway. Click here
to open in a new window.
San Paulo Report, James Brunlees, 1858
Title: Report upon the
Proposed Line of Railway from Santos to Juniahy, in the
Province of San Paulo in the Empire of Brazil, by James
Brunlees
Publication details: pp. 16. W. H. Cox: London, 1858.
8o., Shelfmark: 8235.aaa.56.(1.) The British
Library. Copy SJT.
Other documents of interest:
- Memorandum of Agreement between Robert Sharpe & Sons
and George Clopper Ketchum, engineer on the San Paulo
Railway, 1862. Original at University of New
Brunswick. Copy SJT.
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