Manuscripts

Houston & Texas Central Railroad Co. letter to Henry E. Huntington

Description: Also: copies of correspondence related to the operation of the railroad, 1896-1897. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's estate.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1900 August 9
Call number: mssHEH
Creator: Huntington, Henry Edwards (1850-1927)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Edwin L. Lewis, November 1939.; Gift of Louise Ward Watkins, July 1946.; Gift of Collis Holladay, April 1967.; Gift of Mrs. Collis H. Holladay, 1977-1981.; Gift of Clifford Henry, May 1978.

Collis P. Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

57 items. Also: reply telegram from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1896 September 1; letter from E.B. Hamilton to Collis P. Huntington, 1896 December 28, and Huntington's reply, 1897 January 6; copy of telegram from Collis P. Huntington to A.N. Towne, 1893 February 11; copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to H.J. Small, 1897 January 27. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, Southern Pacific Railroad, Republican campaign, death of A.L. Tubbs, James Bailey property in Sacramento, funding bill, Grove Johnson, Vancouver lands, Oakland Street Railway, Colonel Crocker, Hotel Del Monte, James I. Felter.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington

Manuscripts

52 items. Enclosure: 1897 October 18 letter had copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to C.S. Mellen, 1897 October 8; 1897 October 22 letter had letter from C.S. Mellen to Henry E. Huntington, 1897 October 18. Also: copy of statement of earnings "Sunset Limited," 1896-1897. Subjects: Southern Pacific Co., Pacific Improvement Co., coal freights, Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, San Francisco & San Joaquin Valley Railroad, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Market Street Railway, coal freights, Occidental & Oriental Steamship Co., Lewis H. Mulligan, Central Pacific Railroad stock, Oakland Railway, Hotel del Monte, Carson City Railroad, Virginia & Truckee Railroad, Oakland waterfront.

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Edward T. Jeffery letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copy of letter from Jeffery to J.A. Fillmore, 1897 December 15; letter from N.W. Sample to Jeffery, 1897 December 14. Subjects: Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Co., Collis P. Huntington's death, Arabella Huntington's death.

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Collis P. Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

71 items. Also: printed copy of Senate Bill 3064 and of Senate Calendar 924, 1896 May; copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to John H. Gear, 1896 August 28. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, railroad strike of 1894, Japanese steamship line, Harbor Commission, silvery parity, California politics, Willard V. Huntington, funding bill, Congressman Berry of Newport News, California Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Railroad, Yosemite National Park, Occidental & Oriental Steamship Co., "San Pedro" shipwreck.

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Collis P. Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

63 items. Also: copy of letter from J.A. Muir to William H. Mills, 1896 January 27; telegrams from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington and to R.B. Campbell, 1896 April 17; copy of telegram from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1896 April 17. Subjects: Adolph Sutro, funding bill, hydroelectric plants, Huntington-Hopkins Co., warehouse purchase, Southern Pacific Railroad, Central Pacific Railroad, Market Street Railway, Grove Johnson, Union Pacific Railroad, California politics, Colonel Crocker, John D. Spreckles, Collis P. Huntington's San Francisco house, Los Angeles Hotel, Pacific Improvement Co., Pebble Beach, Hotel Del Monte, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.

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Shreve & Co. letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copies of four letters from Huntington to Shreve & Co., 1903 November-December; letter from William E. Dunn to Huntington, 1903 December 16. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's estate, Automobile Club trophy.

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Houston & Texas Central Railroad Co. letter to Henry E. Huntington

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