Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Manuscript letters addressed to the General Council by the Mayor over his signature. These communications served more or less as official messages to the Council, although there does not appear to be any statutory basis for the practice. The messages contain a wealth of sometimes detailed information on the problems facing the city and the manner in which those problems were addressed. Typically, the Mayor would notify the Council of the existence of a problem requiring attention, possibly...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Manuscript letters addressed to the General Council by the Mayor over his signature. These communications served more or less as official messages to the Council, although there does not appear to be any statutory basis for the practice. The messages contain a wealth of sometimes detailed information on the problems facing the city and the manner in which those problems were addressed. Typically, the Mayor would notify the Council of the existence of a problem requiring attention, possibly...