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Adolph Sutro Collection

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Paper Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 250.00 USD
Adolph Sutro Collection
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Lot of 5 items related to Adolph Sutro and the Sutro Tunnel on the Comstock. 1) Rare 1888 receipt datelined Sutro, Nev. for the Lucille Lodge of the AOUW. Certifies Thos. Curran as a member of the lodge. Blue paper with some soiling. Documents from Sutro, Nevada are scarce. 2) $1,000 Bond for the Comstock Tunnel Company, the later name for the Sutro Tunnel. Issued 1889, signed by Theodore Sutro. Punch cancelled, many coupons remaining. 3) 1872 Senate Report on the Sutro Tunnel. 66pp. Disbound. Toning. 4) Letterpess copy of a letter sent on Sutro Tunnel Co. letterhead from Washington DC by Sutro to John Sherman, 1867, pitching the riches of Nevada and for Sherman to read a pamphlet. Missing upper left corner, rips, tape repairs. 5) Wells Fargo San Francisco check signed by Adolph Sutro in 1893. This was two years before he became SF mayor after selling out on the waning Comstock. Check has old tape repairs. (Potter Collection) HWAC# 60125 Date: 1867-1893 Location: Nevada