File 1 - General consulting office files

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UGA P135/1/7/1

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General consulting office files

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Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 3 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_068. Letter to O'Shaughnessy from J L Allison (27 Jan 1897). Outlining the projects he has worked on, mostly in Canada, and providing names of referees.

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 3 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_026. Letter to O'Shaughnessy from [H E Huntington] of the Pacific Improvement Company (28 Jan 1897). Declining his request for free transportation on their line.

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 3 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_059. Letter to O'Shaughnessy from J Shepard Thomas (15 Feb 1897). Enquiring after work.

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 3 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_065. Letter to O'Shaughnessy from [ ], Editor of the Army and Naval Magazine. (20 Feb 1897) offering shares in the company.

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 3 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_057. Letter to O'Shaughnessy from F A Peckham, Advertising Representative for Engineering News. (17 Mar 1897). Outlining details of their rates for advertising in Engineering News Directory of Engineers.

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 3 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_082. Letter to O'Shaughnessy from [Frank M Channing], writing from San Francisco. (11 May 1897). Enquiring about work.

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 3 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_042. Invitation to O'Shaughnessy to join the Grass Valley Sportman's Club at their Annual Dove Hunt and Camp Stew. (2 Jul 1897).

UNDIGITISED. Handwritten letter to O'Shaughnessy from J [Havlur]. (10 Jul 1897). Regarding a debt.

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 3 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_007). Letter to O'Shaughnessy from the secretary of Joseph Tobin (Office of the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society). 14 Jul 1897. Requests a meeting between O'Shaughnessy, Tobin, and a Mr Buckley.

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 3 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_083. Letter to O'Shaughnessy from [Lorris L James], Agent at the San Rafael Gas and Electric Light Co. (11 Oct 1897). Requests a meeting on the adjustment of O'Shaughnessy's electric light rate.

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 3 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_002. (26 Oct 1897). Letter to O'Shaughnessy from Carles J Havens (Havens & Toepke Architects), asking him to call to the office.

UNDIGITISED. Letter to O'Shaughnessy from John Spreckel of the San Francisco Call. Offering advertising in their forthcoming edition. (10 Nov 1897).

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Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 3 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_016. Note to O'Shaughnessy from Charles F Hanlon (3 Dec 1897), seeking a meeting with Mr Herald, in relation to springs at Napa. Reference "Feige vs Fisher" at top of the page.

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 3 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_003. Pencil sketch, undated, and untitled. Draws out the measurements of properties or lots, Ellis, [Scott], Eddy are names written on the map.

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 3 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_039. Letter to O'Shaughnessy from [Hutchinson], undated save for (Wednesday). Gives love and sympathy to Mrs Shaughnessy.

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 3 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_032. Note to Surveyors from F A and M D Hyde, Attorneys in Land Cases, calling their attention to a circular (on back), they issue Land Scrip and Warrants for Surveyed and Unsurveyed Land. Undated.

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 3 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_075. Circular from the Consolidated Agency Co, enclosing prices for magazines.

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 3 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_085. Duplicate shipping receipt, undated.

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 3 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_086. Note in faint pencil with heading "Adolph Sutro to City and County of San Francisco", outlines co-ordinates near Trocadero Creek in San Francisco, and a sketch map is enclosed with O'Shaughnessy's handwriting.

Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 3 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_088. Undated tracing, outlining broad measurements of a building on Geary Street, with Powell Street to the East.

Thos Burrows Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 3 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_097. Typed letter from [Burrows] to O'Shaughnessy, from the Dunham, Carrigan and Hayden Co. 15 Apr 1897. Advising that materials ordered have been shipped. Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 3 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_099. Small fragment containing a handwritten note to O'Shaughnessy from [Burrows], undated. Requesting that Mr Britt consults with Jack urgently. (no context).

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      13/07/2018
      29/07/2025

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