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    John M. Crawley letter to J.A. Muir

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    Enclosed in: letter by J.A. Muir to Henry E. Huntington, 1901 February 8. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington estate.

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    Collis P. Huntington letter to J.A. Fillmore

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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, and Metcalf families, but most of the collection deals with Huntington's business interests in Southern California, railways, real estate, and industry. Series 2. Henry E. Huntington and his family 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. Also included are the blueprints for the Huntington's San Marino residence. Series 3. Correspondence contains over 22,000 pieces of personal and business correspondence spanning 1794 to 1970. 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 J.A. Muir

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    Enclosure: 1895 December 31 letter had copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1895 December 24. Subjects: Hawaii, newspaper polling, Collis P. Huntington's estate.

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    Charles H. Tweed letters to J.A. Muir

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    Enclosed in: 1897 letter was in letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1897 December 22; 1902 letter was in letter from Tweed to Huntington, 1902 September 2. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's estate.

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    J.A. Muir letter to Charles H. Tweed

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    Enclosed in: letter from Tweed to Henry E. Huntington, 1902 August 28. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's estate.

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    J.A. Muir letters to Henry E. Huntington

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    Enclosed in: 1897 March 1 was in letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1897 December 22. Enclosures: 1899 December 25 letter had letter from M.H. Sherman to Muir, 1899 December 22; 1900 January 29 letter had letter from Sherman to Muir, 1900 January 25; 1901 February 8 letter had letter from John M. Crawley to Muir, 1901 February 6. Also: copy of telegram from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1896 May 1; copies of two letters from Muir to Collis P. Huntington and Charles F. Crocker, 1896 May 5; copy of letter from Muir to M. H. Sherman, 1899 December 23. Subjects: Los Angeles Terminal Railway Co., Santa Monica and San Pedro harbors, California politics, Hawaii, Los Angeles property Alameda St., Collis P. Huntington memorial and estate.

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