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Adolph Sutro Als

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Books & Manuscripts Start Price:110.00 USD Estimated At:175.00 - 225.00 USD
Adolph Sutro Als
Stock certificates from the United States and other countries around the world. Items offered cover a wide variety of collecting topics including automotive, railroads, mining, autographed and much more.
ADOLPH SUTRO (1830-1898) Mayor of San Francisco, mining engineer. Sutro formed the Sutro Tunnel Company, which constructed a tunnel to provide ventilation, drainage and an easy means of transporting men and equipment to and from the mines around the Comstock Lode. An avid collector of books, Sutro's massive 200,000 plus volume collection comprises a portion of the San Francisco Public Library. Autograph Letter Signed, ""Adolph Sutro."" One page, 5"" x 8"". No place. November 26, 1878. Sutro writes to his daughter Emma, in part: "" ... please send me by bearer one or two of my photographs ... "" Sutro is rarely encountered in letter form. Fine.