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Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington


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    Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington

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    49 items. Enclosure: 1898 June 21 letter had letter from William Hood to Henry E. Huntington, with cost report, 1898 June 20. Also: copy of telegram from P.R. Thompson to Henry E. Huntington, 1898 June 4; copies of two reports on John Cross, 1894-1895; copy of a "Statement of Cost of Southern California Motor Road, complete to May 31, 1898;" memo on cash increases, leading stations, first five months, 1898; blueprint map showing Southern Pacific line Ontario-Chino-Pomona; copy of letter from William McLaughlin to Collis P. Huntington, 1898 June 17; copy of rough sketch of Los Angeles Terminal Railway property. Subjects: Holladay house, Oakland Railway, Chino Valley Railroad, Olympic Club bonds, California politics, San Francisco Street railway.

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    Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington

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    46 items. Enclosures: 1896 January 6 letter had copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Grove L. Johnson, 1895 December 30; 1896 January 7 letter had copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to W & J. Sloane & Co., 1896 January 7, and list of rugs to be delivered to Sloane; 1896 January 9 letter had copy of letter from W. & J. Sloane & Co. to Henry E. Huntington, 1896 January 8. Also: memo from W.G. Curtis to Henry E. Huntington, 1896 January 7; memo regarding railroad tie consumption, 1888-1895; printed map with handwritten additions on announcement for real estate auction, 1896 January 23. Subjects: Santa Monica Outlook, Los Angeles Times, California and national politics, Los Angeles Terminal Railway, Rattlesnake Island, Grove L. Johnson, Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, San Diego Mayor Carlson, funding bill, Oakland Railway, Prentice house, Ambrose Bierce, California Pacific Railroad Co., Pacific Improvement Co. land sales, Southern Pacific Co., interviews in the Washington Post.

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    Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington

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    35 items. Enclosure: 1894 May 31 letter had copy of letter from Epes Randolph to Henry E. Huntington, 1894 May 24. Also: memo by W.G. Curtis regarding Colonel Mendell and Santa Monica breakwater, 1894 May 23. Subjects: Market Street Railway, Crocker estate, Pacific Improvement Co., Southern Pacific Co. securities, Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, Oakland Railway, Huntington-Hopkins Co.

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    Collis P. Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington

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    62 items. Also: copy of telegram from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1898 January 14; Power of Attorney from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1898 May 11; two news clippings regarding compressed air for street railway systems; four memos related to capital stock in companies owned by the Southern Pacific Co.; copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to William McLaughlin, 1898 July 13. Subjects: Pacific Mail Steamship Co., J.A. Fillmore, Joaquin Miller, Richard Croker, New York politics, Dole in Hawaii, oranges for Collis P. Huntington and his house in San Francisco, San Pedro Railroad, Oakland Street and Los Angeles Street railways, Pacific Improvement Co., Southern Pacific Co., Central Pacific Railroad, George Crocker, California politics.

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    Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington

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    55 items. Also: copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to N.F. Smith, 1892 November 22; letters from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1892 November 15, December 8; copies of telegrams from J.A. Muir to A.N. Towne, 1892 November 24; letter from Wilson & Wilson to Henry E. Huntington, 1892 December 23; copy of letter from T.J. Wilson to Henry E. Huntington, 1892 December 31; letters from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1892 December 2, 29, 1893 January 6; copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to George E. Miles, 1893 January 16. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's finances, Santa Monica wharf, Redondo wharf, Southern Pacific Co., San Francisco street railways, W.W. Stow, California politics, Stephen Mallory White, Chicago lakefront case, Galveston, Houston & San Antonio Railroad, Oakland railroad, Central Railroad, Union Pacific, Henry E. Huntington's health, California Pacific Railroad Co.

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    Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington

    Manuscripts

    55 items. Also: two letters from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1893 January 10, 14; telegram from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1893 January 31; copy of telegram from A.N. Towne to Collis P. Huntington, 1893 February 9 and two pages of shorthand notes; copy of letter from George L. King to George E. Miles, 1893 February 16; copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Davis Brothers, 1893 February 15; letters from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1893 February 6, 8. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, transfer of funds from New York to San Francisco, Stephen Mallory White, Oakland waterfront case, San Francisco street railways, Oregon Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Co. offices and staff, California tax decision and politics, Henry E. Huntington's health, Santa Monica Harbor, J.P. Jones.

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