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- 1 2 3 4 Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN
- 1 2 3 4 "Rites For Sharpe To Be Held Today. Former Mayor Dies At Madison Sanitarium" . The Tennessean. November 14, 1942. p. 2. Retrieved June 23, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 3 "Mayor Wilson Is Ousted by Council; Percy Sharpe Elected" . The Tennessean. November 25, 1922. pp. 1, 5. Retrieved June 23, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Ex-Mayor Sharpe's Will Probated" . The Tennessean. November 20, 1942. p. 50. Retrieved June 23, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Sharpe Property Burned" . The Tennessean. November 22, 1942. p. 16. Retrieved June 23, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
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