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Letter of reply to the Chamber of Commerce of New Orleans on the pass a l'outre charter : for opening the mouth of the Mississippi River
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Plan of the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Manchac
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A sketch map of the course of the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Manchac; the map is drawn in pen and ink, and colored in blue, red, and yellow. On verso is written: "Mapa del curso del Rio Misisipi, desde N. Orleans a Manchaki." Housed in small brown leather folio case.
mssHM 559
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Reply to questions of the special committee on railroad transportation of the New York chamber of commerce
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How a Confederate officer escaped from Prison : Scenes in New Orleans during the summer of the last year of the war
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1920s copy of Wilkinson's reminiscences about his escape from the Union prison submitted to the Philadelphia Weekly Times, probably between 1887 and 1890.
mssHM 69430
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Newport News Chamber of Commerce letter to Henry E. Huntington
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The collection consists of the personal and business papers of Henry E. Huntington. There is material related to the Huntington, Holladay, and Metcalf families, but most of the collection deals with Huntington's business interests in Southern California, railways, real estate, and industry. Series 2. Henry E. Huntington and his family includes biographical information, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, ephemera, and physical objects. There is material related to the Huntington Land and Improvement Company, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, and the Pacific Electric Railway Company as well as other businesses in Los Angeles County, Orange County, and San Gabriel Valley, California. This material includes business records, account books, annual reports, correspondence, maps, tracts, balance sheets, and others. There is also material related to the founding of the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens including auction catalogs, invoices, receipts, and bills for art and rare books, and information regarding a lawsuit about Huntington's estate tax after his death, and the passing of Proposition 15, in 1930, which exempted The Huntington from paying California property tax. There is also material related to Collis P. Huntington and his business interests and Arabella Huntington. Also included are the blueprints for the Huntington's San Marino residence. Series 3. Correspondence contains over 22,000 pieces of personal and business correspondence spanning 1794 to 1970. The physical objects include Henry E. Huntington's lunch box, razors, traveling trunk, and other items.
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Henry E. Huntington letter to New York Chamber of Commerce
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Subjects: labor beliefs.
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New York State Chamber of Commerce letter to Henry E. Huntington
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Also: copy of letter from Huntington to New York State Chamber of Commerce, 1925 January 28; and receipt for dues paid, 1925 January 1.
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