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1½ pages, typescript on 2 sheets of paper, signed in ink by A.H. Emanuel, with pencil notes. Each sheet 33x20.3 cm. (13x8"), glued at corners to backing board.

Ordinance granting to Charles F. Solomon and E.T.Ijams the right to build and maintain a telephone system within Tombstone, as well as "to construct maintain and operate in said City a long distance telephone system owned controlled or operated by said Solomon and ijams their heirs and assigns..." This was a groundbreaking development - telephones had been present within Tombstone since 1881, but there was not connectivity to the outside world. As noted in the Tombstone Prospector for August 23, 1901, "Tombstone will soon be connected by telephone with the outside world. The line will connect  Pierce, Gleason, Tombstone and Bisbee to Tucson and the long distance lines. Work will begin in a short time and the line established to Tombstone before next January." A.H. Manuel, a veteran of the California Gold Rush, came to Tombstone in 1880.He owned nine mining claims, all in Tombstone area. He was elected mayor of Tombstone in 1896 and re-elected in 1898 and in 1900.