File 1 - Letters of congratulations on appointment

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File of copy letters to M M O'Shaughnessy offering their congratulations on his appointment as City Engineer of San Francisco. Correspondents are W J Farey, Ed L Head, C Eccles, Ford A Carpenter, A Moretti, G McM Ross, John E Pope, Emilie Sussman, M K Miller, Herman Shainwald, Charles D Martin, Thomas W Brooks, R C O'Connor, W A Whitney, Otto von Geldern, James P Morrissey, R S Buck, R S Moore, Frank McGowan, Victor Reiter, Charles E Wilson (5 copies), L B Nutting, A L Young, Walter V Bowns, J D Grant, Francis Smith, Ernest McCullough, W W Ricker, a copy of the Dedicatory Ceremonies to Commemorate the Completion of the Mission Viaduct, Henry Michaels.

Copy letter from O'Shaughnessy to Mr Stromberg, Photographer, (26 Oct 1912) requesting copies of a photograph. Copy letter to O'Shaughnessy from A S Baldwin (25 Aug 1913) complimenting him on his editorial in the Journal of Commerce in favour of the bond election, the influence it has exerted on his own position on the matter, but notes his opposition to municipal ownership of street railroads.

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