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Letter from Gideon Aughinbaugh to Board of Trustees, between 1872-1890Entry/Object ID
2012.3.9Scope and Content
ACC. NO. 12.3.9
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: BETWEEN 1872 AND 1890
OBJECT: LETTER
DESCRIPTION: A HANDWRITTEN LETTER IN SEPIA-COLORED INK ON BLUE-COLORED LINES ON WHITE-COLORED PAPER.
SIZE: L 12-1/2" X W 8"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A HANDWRITTEN LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TOWN OF ALAMEDA FROM GIDEON AUGHINBAUGH, SEEKING PERMISSION TO REMOVE OAK TREES WHICH ARE OBSTRUCTING THE OPENING OF THIRD AVENUE, NOW KNOWN AS SIXTH STREET, IN ALAMEDA. NOTE: MR. AUGHINBAUGH WAS A CO-FOUNDER OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA.
DONOR: CITY OF ALAMEDA
CATALOGED: JANUARY 7, 2012Interpretative Labels
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1/17/2021 MvL: current sign (note misspelling of Mayor):
GIDEON AUGHINBAUGH
Co-founder of the present-day
CITY OF ALAMEDA
A letter addressed to the Board of Trustees who governed the Town of Alameda prior to the inception of the Mayoral and City Council municipal form of administration.
In this letter Mr. Aughinbaugh asks permission to remove trees blocking Third Avenue (now known as Sixth Street).
This correspondence is undated; however, we know it was written before 1890 and is signed by Gideon Aughinbaugh, Co-purchaser and co-founder (with W.W. Chipman) of the present-day City of Alameda.