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John W. Alexander receipt and terms of agreement for Sylvester H. Kneeland


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    Sylvester H. Kneeland letters to Collis P. Huntington

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    Also: several demand notes for payments; copy of telegram from Bache to Kneeland, 1900 March 9; newspaper clipping re: notice of sale of Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Railroad, 1900 March 9; copies of telegrams from Collis P. Huntington to Kneeland, 1900 March 16, 19. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's estate.

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    Sylvester H. Kneeland legal documents

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    Enclosed in: letter from John E. Parsons to Charles H. Tweed, 1903 April 3. Subjects: Arabella Huntington and Tweed as executors of will of Collis P. Huntington.

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    Coudert Brothers letter to Charles H. Tweed

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    Also: copy of letter from Coudert Brothers to Sylvester Kneeland, 1897 August 4. Subjects: Kneeland litigation.

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    Bellows & Warren (firm) letters to Charles H. Tweed

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    Subjects: Kneeland litigation.

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    Sylvester H. Kneeland letter to Charles Dillingham

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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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    Pacific Improvement Company letter to Sylvester H. Kneeland

    Manuscripts

    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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