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L.T. Bradford Real Estate letter to George S. Patton

Description: Signed by E.T. Ames. Also: sketch of property on E. 7th Street between Maple and Wall, Los Angeles.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1904 December 7
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.

George S. Patton letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copies of letters from Huntington to Patton, 1903 June 22, 26; July 3, 7, 20; 1904 April 14, 23, 30; July 1; December 17, 23; 1905 January 3, 17, 18, 19, 23; letter from George E. Pillsbury to Patton, 1903 June 18 and Patton's reply June 20; letter from P.A. Stanton to Patton, 1904 April 21; copy of statement of profits of Muir, Khurts & Henderson, 1904 July 1; copy of letter from Patton to M.J. Connell, 1904 December 12; letter from E.T. Cook to Patton, 1904 December 28; telegram from F. Howland to J.A. Campbell, 1905 January 10; press clipping "Golf Club of Millionaires" from L.A. Times, 1904 January 29. Subjects: Huntington San Marino land, irrigation, Huntington Land and Improvement Co.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to George S. Patton

Manuscripts

Fragile: Also: letters from Patton to Huntington, 1904 December 27, 1905 January 18, 21, 30, 31 February 2, 7, 9, 10, 16, 25, March 7, 10, 15, April 26, 29 ; letter from Pacific Electric Land Co. to Huntington, 1905 January 18 (signed by Patton); plan of 5th floor of Pacific Electric building, Los Angeles; letter from Los Angeles Land Co. to Patton, 1905 January 30; letter from George E. Pillsbury to Patton, 1905 January 31; letter from A.M. Parsons to Los Angeles Land Co., 1905 February 10; copy of letter from Los Angeles Board of Park Commissioners to Patton, 1905 March 6; copy of letter from Albert H. Schliebitz to Huntington, 1905 March 6; letter from Patton to Charles E. Graham, 1905 March 9. Subjects: property sales, moving of trees and shrubs to Shorb place, Chippendale property, Keller Tract, Dolge, palms moved to Los Robles Ranch, Pasadena Country Club, real estate in California, East Lake Park, Los Angeles Brewing Co., Huntington Land & Improvement Co., storm sewage at Ranch, San Marino land development.

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George S. Patton letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copies of letters from Huntington to Patton, 1905 February 2, 15, 16; March 2, 16; 1906 February 5; 1907 January 9, 19; sketch of "Philbrook's Sub-division of two acres in Lot 1, Bl. 39, Hancock's Survey;" blueprint copy of map, with color additions, of De Soto and Boston Heights subdivisions, Los Angeles; letter from Huntington Land and Improvement Co. to Patton, 1906 October 20; statement of lot sales by Huntington Land and Improvement Co., 1907 March 2, 16-23; September 28; letter from Arvin H. Brown to Patton, 1925 October 19; copy of letter from Brown to Huntington, 1925 September 8. Subjects: Pasadena, South Pasadena, and California real estate, Pacific Electric Land Co., Arabella Huntington property in Santa Monica.

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Arvin H. Brown letter to George S. Patton

Manuscripts

Subjects: property in Santa Monica, and Arabella D. Huntington's estate.

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George S. Patton letter to William Hertrich

Manuscripts

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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Henry E. Huntington letters to George S. Patton

Manuscripts

Fragile. Also: letters from Patton to Huntington, 1904 March 31, April 12, 20, 25, 29, May 3, June 29, July 6, 7, 15, 18, 22, 23, August 12, December 10, 13, 17, 23, 24; copy of letter from P.A. Stanton to Patton, 1904 April 11; letter from W.T. Swayze to S.J. White, 1904 April 16; copy of letter from Patton to William R. Staats Co., 1904 April 21 and their reply, April 22, and letter Staats to Patton, July 13; topography sketch of Lot 2, Block 74 of Hancock Survey; copy of letter from Patton to Antoine Borel, 1904 June 29; copy of letter from W.S. Collins to Patton, 1904 July 7; two pencil sketches. Subjects: Dolge, Newport Beach Co., Oak Grove Improvement Co., Los Robles/San Marino Ranch, Marengo Water Co., property purchase and sale, real estate in California, Santa Monica, Huntington Drive Tract, Wallace purchase, stock transfer, De Soto Heights, Reyes Vine and Tract in Los Angeles, Durham fired.

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L.T. Bradford Real Estate letter to George S. Patton

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