EARLY CALIFORNIA TELEPHONE DOCUMENTS. Autograph letter signed ("Jno. I. Sabin"), to J.B. Shannon, Collector of the Port [of] San Francisco, "We respectfully submit the following proposition to establish telephone communication between the Barge office India Dock and the Merchants Exchange", giving specifications and costs, — EARLY CALIFORNIA TELEPHONE DOCUMENTS. Autograph letter signed ("Jno. I. Sabin"), to J.B. Shannon, Collector of the Port [of] San Francisco, "We respectfully submit the following proposition to establish telephone communication between the Barge office India Dock and the Merchants Exchange", giving specifications and costs,

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Estimate: $6,000–$9,000 hammer
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Sale: Bonhams — History of Science and Technology, Online, New York · 13 October 2024
Record ID: TB-2026-360853
Record: first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 22 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Early California Telephone Documents. Autograph Letter Signed, EARLY CALIFORNIA TELEPHONE DOCUMENTS. Autograph letter signed ("Jno. I. Sabin"), to J.B. Shannon, Collector of the Port [of] San Francisco, "We respectfully submit the following proposition to establish telephone communication between the Barge office India Dock and the Merchants Exchange", giving specifications and costs,. Bonhams, 13 Oct 2024, lot 14. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-360853.

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Early California Telephone Documents. Autograph Letter Signed, EARLY CALIFORNIA TELEPHONE DOCUMENTS. Autograph letter signed ("Jno. I. Sabin"), to J.B. Shannon, Collector of the Port [of] San Francisco, "We respectfully submit the following proposition to establish telephone communication between the Barge office India Dock and the Merchants Exchange", giving specifications and costs,. Bonhams, 13 Oct 2024, lot 14. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-360853.

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