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Henry E. Huntington letters to Pacific Electric Railway Co


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    Henry E. Huntington letter to Sacramento Electric, Gas and Railway Co

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    Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's estate.

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    Pacific Electric Railway Company letters to Henry E. Huntington

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    Also: copy of receipt issued to A.A. Biard, 1903 February 26; list of employees, 1904 February 1; five photographs showing Pacific Electric Building in construction, and memos on progress of plastering and construction work on building; copy of letter from G.W. Mulks to Isaias W. Hellman 1905 March 15 and from Hellman to Mulks, 1905 June 24; statement showing cost of various lines built or acquired by Pacific Electric Railway Company and Los Angeles Inter-Urban Railway Co., 1907 June 30; two equipment reports; sketch of area at 4th and Brand, Los Angeles. Subjects: Whittier line, railroad bonds.

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    Henry E. Huntington letter to Pacific Railway Co

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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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    Sacramento Electric, Gas & Railway Co. letter to Henry E. Huntington

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    Enclosed in: letter from Henry E. Huntington to Isaac E. Gates, 1903 May 26.

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    Henry E. Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery

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    Note: One letter is a photocopy. Subjects: Sterne bust, Huntington's gift of shares of stock of Hammond Lumber Company for $276,665.90 to the Library.

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    Los Angeles & Pasadena Electric Railway Co. letter to Henry E. Huntington

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    Also: Minutes of Meetings of Los Angeles & Pasadena Electric Railway Co. Board of Directors, 1899-1902.

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