Adolph Sutro papers, 1865-1939.

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Adolph Sutro papers, 1865-1939.

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The papers consist primarily of correspondence. Letters to Adolph Sutro in the 1860s and 1870s document his attempts to build the Sutro Tunnel with assistance from federal legislation and foreign capital. Letters from the 1880s are personal, covering such topics as trees for Sutro's estate and requests for charity. A few of the letters in the 1890s concern his political career. There are also letters dating from 1886 to 1895 from, Edward Lynch, Sutro's agent in Washington, D.C., who monitored the passage of bills affecting real estate in the San Francisco area. The collection contains an 1866 power of attorney authorizing Sutro to act for the Sutro Tunnel Company.

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Lynch, Edward, Dr.

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Sutro, Adolph, 1830-1898

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Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro, originator of the Sutro Tunnel in Nevada and well-known figure in San Francisco, born of Jewish parents in 1830 at Aix-la-Chapelle in Germany, left school at sixteen, but continued his education by reading voraciously. From his father, a cloth manufacturer, Sutro learned factory management. After his father's death in 1847, with business ruined by the Prussian war, his mother, having to raise seven sons and four daughters, decided to emigrate to the Un...

Sutro Tunnel Company

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Sutro, Adolph Heinrich Joseph. From the description of Sutro Tunnel Company collection, 1867-1892 , bulk 1867-1873. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 86093725 ...