Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington
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59 items. Also: telegrams from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1893 July 13, 31; letters from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1893 July 5, 7, 11, 17, 24. Subjects: Pacific Improvement Co., Port of Los Angeles, Southern Pacific Co., Oakland waterfront case, Market Street Railway Co., San Francisco street railways, Huntington-Hopkins Co., Capital Gas Co. shares, Pacific Mail Steamship Co., California politics and replacement for Stanford, North America Navigation Co., Santa Monica Wharf, railroad strike, payroll delay, fruit shipments, Mrs. Stanford.
gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, Collis H. Holladay, Jr., November 1981.
Gift of Southern California Transit District, December 1981.
gift of Alta California, January 1982.
Purchased from Frances Russell, March 1982.
Provenance unknown. In library as of January 1986.
gift of Collis H. Holladay, Jr., February 1992.
transferred from Ephemera, September 1992.
Gift of March 2001.
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31 items. Also: letter from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1893 July 24; two memos (in pencil); copy of Cost of Tavern at Castle Crag, 1893 June 1. Subjects: politics, Chesapeake & Ohio bonds, Oregon & California Railroad, labor problems, Oakland waterfront case, Southern Pacific Co. bonds, Pacific Improvement Co. bonds, Market Street Railway Co., Capital Gas Co., Pacific Mail Steamship Co., staff reduction, fruit shipments.
48 items. Note: receipt dated 1893 March is in the handwriting of Henry E. Huntington. Also: draft of telegram from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1893 March 2; copy of telegram from G.L. King to Henry E. Huntington, 1893 March 2; copies of letters from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1893 February 15, March 6, April 18; copy of Report of Earnings of the Arizona & New Mexico Railroad, 1892; copy of letter from J. Kennedy Tod to Collis P. Huntington, 1893 March 29, and Huntington's reply, April 7; copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to J.C. Stubbs, 1893 April 24. Subjects: Oregon Pacific Railroad, Oakland Railway, San Francisco Street railways, John P. Raymond, Huntington-Hopkins Co., Santa Monica, Southern Pacific Co., Panama and Cape Horn freight rates, San Pedro, Market Street Railway, Lewis Tasheira.
34 items. Also: copies of telegrams from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1893 January 31; copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to J.L. Willcott, 1893 February. Subjects: San Francisco street railways, Oakland Railway, California Pacific Railroad Co., Oregon Pacific Railroad, California politics, Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, Oakland Waterfront case, Santa Monica, Southern Pacific Co., J.P. Jones property.
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.
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.
46 items. Also: letters from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1893 March 30, April 7, March 15, 21, April 5, 21, 24; copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Henry Gibbons, 1893 April 5; copies of telegrams and letter from Charles H. Tweed to Henry E. Huntington, 1893 January 27, April 10, 25. Subjects: San Francisco street railways, Southern Pacific Co. bonds, Santa Monica Wharf, Panama and Cape Horn freight rates, Ferries & Cliff House Railway Co., North America Steam Navigation Co., Market Street Railway and Geary Street Railway earnings, Oakland Railroad.
