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Collis Huntington reports that he will not issue a new bill until new construction equipment has been supplied. Printed form, filled in. Also included is a photocopy of the original.
mssHM 47839
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In HM 47837, Hopkins reports that "Charley," allegedly Charles Crocker, is on his way to Sacramento, and Stanford should route future messages accordingly. HM 47838 states: "West is at end of track waiting your reply answer." Dated 1869, April 6 and April 10. Printed forms, filled in.
mssHM 47837-47838
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Crocker reports that the telegram he sent to Stanford previously can now be dismissed as "wholly false," and the Union Pacific is "driving the work as hard as ever." Printed form, filled in.
mssHM 47835
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The collection, which contains 10,844 items, consists of correspondence, letter books, manuscripts, speeches, diaries, account books, published articles, legal papers, financial statements and business records. The 10,528 pieces of correspondence are chiefly addressed to James De Barth Shorb, James M. Tiernan and Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb. The 17 letter books are related to the business and financial affairs of Shorb and Benjamin Davis Wilson. The 75 manuscripts consist of items chiefly written by Shorb and Wilson family members. The 224 items in the Business Papers include material related to Shorb's many companies including the San Gabriel Wine Company. The following subjects are covered in the Shorb collection: the Shorb, Wilson, and Patton families, David Jacks, Mariano Vallejo, Santa Catalina Island, the Mount Wilson Observatory, California government and politics, African Americans and the Chinese in California, agriculture, the citrus fruit industry, Indians of California, irrigation, lend tenure, mining, railroads, ranching, water rights, and the wine industry. The collection also documents the history and development of the following California cities: Alhambra, Elsinore, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Ramona, San Gabriel, San Marino, and Wilmington.
mssShorb papers
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