W. & J. Sloane & Co. letter to Henry E. Huntington
Description
Enclosed in: copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1896 January 9. Also: document of credit for work not done, 1911 May 27. Subjects: carpets in San Francisco house.
gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, Collis H. Holladay, Jr., November 1981.
Gift of Southern California Transit District, December 1981.
gift of Alta California, January 1982.
Purchased from Frances Russell, March 1982.
Provenance unknown. In library as of January 1986.
gift of Collis H. Holladay, Jr., February 1992.
transferred from Ephemera, September 1992.
Gift of March 2001.
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Enclosed in: 1896 January 7 letter was in letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1896 January 7. Also: list of rugs to be delivered to Sloane.
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.
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.
Fragile. Enclosed in: 1908 September 15 letter was in letter from Howard E. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1908 November 4. Also: two letters from McMillan to Henry E. Huntington, 1904 December 27, 1905 January 17. Subjects: Pacific Electric Railway Co.
76 items. Enclosure: 1896 May 11 letter had copy of letter from W.G. Curtis to William Mahl, 1896 January 27 and Report of Taxes Paid in California by Central Pacific Railroad Co., 1863-1895. Also: copy of letter from J.A. Muir to William H. Mills, 1896 January 27; copy of minutes of Southern Pacific Railroad Co. Director's Meeting, 1896 April 14; copy of memo regarding right of way on Sacramento levee, copy of telephone message from Jack B. Wright, 1896 May 6; copies of letter from B.A. Worthington to Henry E. Huntington. Subjects: Huntington-Hopkins Co., Adolph Sutro, funding bill, electricity in Sacramento, Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, Market Street Railway annual report, James de Barth Shorb's and Dennis Spencer's deaths, Grove L. Johnson, Central Pacific Railroad, Colonel Crocker, Santa Monica, J.D. Spreckels, Hiram Johnson and California politics, Pacific Improvement Co., Los Angeles Hotel, Atlantic & Pacific Railroad.
