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Collis P. Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington

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54 items. Also: memo regarding use of pier at Port Los Angeles and Santa Monica harbor by the Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe Railway system; copy of resolution regarding Central Pacific Railroad Co. dividends; memo in pencil; copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to L.W. Kennedy, 1896 June 17 and letter from Kennedy to Collis P. Huntington, 1896 June 11; typewritten note from Henry E. Huntington to William Hood on June 18th letter; copy of telegram from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1896 June 24. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, Southern Pacific Railroad, Coos Bay coal mines, California politics, Pullman cars, Market Street Railway, Oregon Pacific Railroad, Los Angeles Hotel, Huntington-Hopkins Co., Pacific Improvement Co., petroleum rights, gift to YMCA, warehouse, Willard V. Huntington.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1896 June
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.
Gift of Charles Apfelbaum, April 1981.
Gift of Collis H. Holladay, Jr., December 1981.
Purchased from Alta California, March 1982.
Gift of Pasadena Public Library, December 1985.
Provenance unknown. In library as of Frances Russell, January 1986.
Gift of March 2001.
Restrictions
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Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Barton, Loren Roberta, (1893-1975,)
Cohen, Alfred A. (1829-1887,)
Crocker, Charles, (1822-1888,)
Duveen, Joseph Duveen, (1869-1939,)
Farrand, Max, (1869-1945,)
Graham, Charles E., (1868-1938,)
Hale, George Ellery, (1842-1920,)
Hapgood, George D., (1878-1966,)
Hellman, Isaias W. (1813-1878,)
Hertrich, William, (1868-1952,)
Hopkins, Mark, (1850 or 1851-1924,)
Hunt, Myron, (1821-1900,)
Huntington, Arabella Duval, (1843-1918,)
Huntington, Collis Potter, (1855-1937,)
Mahl, William, (1868-1953,)
Mellon, Andrew W. (1765-1848,)
Metcalf, Edwards H. (1856-1927,)
Miles, George E., (1870-1920,)
Millikan, Robert Andrews, (1824-1893,)
Otis, Harrison Gray,
Patton, George S.
Pope, John Russell, 1874-1937,
Smith, George D.
Stanford, Leland,
Tweed, Charles H.,
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