Series 4 - Correspondence (Box 2)

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 2 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_040. Handwritten note from P A Bull to O'Shaughnessy, having called by his office and missed him. Requesting another meeting.

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 2 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_041. Telegram from E Corrigan to O'Shaughnessy. (17 Jul 189-). On subject of an outstanding bill.

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 2 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_042. Handwritten note to O'Shaughnessy asking him to meet Mr Corrigan. (24 Mar 1894).

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 2 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_043. Letter accompanying a receipt to O'Shaughnessy from the California Furniture Mfg Company for a bed. (13 Mar 1894).

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 2 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_044. Letter to O'Shaughnessy from E Corrigan. (18 [Mar?] 1894). Asks O'Shaughnessy to send some of his men out to view a site, on the subject of building a (racing? see p 80 of Memoir) track near Ocean House Road. Information needed on elevation needed.

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 2 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_045. Letter to O'Shaughnessy from D O Crowley (17 Nov 1893). Seeks his assistance in measuring the difference in elevation between 2 points. He is mapping a water course.

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 2 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_046. Letter to O'Shaughnessy from C English. (23 Jan 1894). Requesting a bill.

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 2 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_047. Letter to O'Shaughnessy from [R] Cahill, on J L Cahill, Painter and Decorator Notepaper. (16 Nov 1894). In reference to proposed improvements in Mill Valley, and the absence of a guarantee as to grade of an unspecified material.

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 2 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_048. Fragment, list of lots for sale at Park Panhandle, advertising an auction on 15 May 1893.

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 2 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_049. Letter to James Deitrich from D B Robinson of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad System. (6 Dec 1894). Apologising that they are unable to find a borrowed map. Handwritten note from Deitrich to O'Shaughnessy at the bottom advising he will visit him soon to discuss.

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 2 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_050. Telegraph to O'Shaughnessy from Jas. Deitrick [James Deitrich] (18 Aug 1894) on the subject of the map. Relates to previous item.

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 2 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_051. Letter to O'Shaughnessy from [Sam Suss.......] of M Ehrman & Co Importers and Wholesale Grocers. (21 Mar 1894). Relating to the settling of a bill.

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 2 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_052. Letter to O'Shaughnessy from L [ ] Grant of New Abbot House (5 Jan 1895). Advising the city council will meet the following day to take a vote on sewering the city and putting in water the electric plant similar to the work O'Shaughnessy has previously carried out in Mill Valley.

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 2 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_053, 54, 55 and 56. Three letters to O'Shaughnessy from E W Gaty. (22 Sep 1894 and 24 Sep 1894 with a 3rd party enclosure dated 24 Sep 1894, and a follow up letter on 29 Sep 1894). In the first, he is responding to a request from O'Shaughnessy for information on the [Los Puestos e Najalayegua Rancho] (The Black Sheep and Black Mare Ranch) about 10 miles from Santa Barbara, with a mountain chain 350ft high. He identifies small tracks of good land, information on the herds of cattle it sustains, its current assessed value per acre, and the water supply. His subsequent letter advises it is owned by a lady in England, and closes a letter he received from George [Culbedon] (24 Sep 1894) on the value of the ranch. In his final letter he states the low value of the land, and that there is a low grade Quicksilver Mine on it, and advising him not to invest much money in it.

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