Manuscripts

B.A. Worthington letter to Charles Babbidge

Description: Sujbects: Southern Pacific Company, payment to Henry E. Huntington.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1896 March 31
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.; Gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, 1978-1992.

Charles Babbidge letter to B.A. Worthington

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Subjects: Southern Pacific Company stock.

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B.A. Worthington letters to Charles H. Tweed

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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 (Henry E. Huntington's sister Caroline married Edmund Burke Holladay), and Metcalf families, but most of the collection deals with Huntington's business interests in Southern California, railways, real estate, and industry. There is a series about Henry E. Huntington and his family that 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. The largest series contains over 22,000 pieces of personal and business correspondence spanning approximately 1790 to 1950. The physical objects include Henry E. Huntington's lunch box, razors, traveling trunk, and other items.

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Charles H. Tweed letters to B.A. Worthington

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B.A. Worthington letters to Collis P. Huntington

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Enclosed in: 1898 February 9 letter was in letter from Worthington to Henry E. Huntington, 1898 February 9. Also: clipping from Los Angeles Evening Express, 1897 November 6, about Henry E. Huntington; report by William Hood. Subjects: Henry E. Huntington's health, Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, Southern Pacific Co., Nevada politics.

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B.A. Worthington letters to Henry E. Huntington

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Enclosures: 1895 September 24 letter had letter from W.G. Curtis to Collis P. Huntington, 1895 September 6 and two reports regarding car mileagle on Southern Pacific System, 1894-1895; 1898 February 9 letter had letter from Worthington to Collis P. Huntington, 1898 February 9 and report by William Hood. Also: two bills from E.J. Duffy Gas Fixtures to Collis P. Huntington, 1894 October 6 and November 24; drawing of suggested rack in toilet under main stairs, Collis P. Huntington's San Francisco house; copies of four letters related to alleged maligning of Henry E. Huntington in Southern Pacific Co., 1895 April-May; copy of letter from Worthington to Frank S. Douty, 1898 February 9; telegram from G.F.R. to Henry E. Huntington, 1898 February 20; printed memo by Worthington. Subjects: Southern Pacific Co., California politcs, Huntington Hopins Co., Grove Johnson, George Crocker, Leland Stanford.

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Charles Babbidge letters to Charles H. Tweed

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Also: Lists of Southern Pacific stock held by Collis P. Huntington and receipt of stock for Arabella Huntington and Henry E. Huntington, 1905 February 11.

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B.A. Worthington letter to Charles Babbidge

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