Manuscripts

J.S. Smith bid to paint residence for Collis P. Huntington

Description: Also: memo of payments made and two copies of specifications, 1897 August 24. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1897 August 26
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.

Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington

Manuscripts

36 items. Also: specifications for paintings and for laying oak floors in 1020 California Street, San Francisco, Collis P. Huntington's home, 1897 July 7, and estimate. Subjects: San Francisco & San Joaquin Valley Railroad, Santa Monica, Hotel del Monte, Southern Pacific Co., Colonel Crocker's last illness and will, Huntington-Hopkins Co., Henry E. Huntington's work load, coal shipments, Market Street Railway, Pacific Coast Co., Occidental & Oriental Steamship Co.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington

Manuscripts

39 items. Also: four copies of schedule of insurance covering paintings in home of Collis P. Huntington in San Francisco; memo; copy of "Report from William H. Holabird, 1899 July 12; copy of letter from ---- Garland to Henry E. Huntington, 1899 July 7; vouchers for payments from Southern Pacific Co., 1899 August 31. Subjects: Market Street Railway stocks, W.H. Kountz, Crocker estate, coal fields in Mexico, Central Pacific Railroad, Paris Exposition.

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Collis P. Huntington letters to B.A. Worthington

Manuscripts

Also: copy of telegram from Worthington to Huntington, 1897 June 9. Subjects: Adolph Sutro, Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, oranges for Collis P. Huntington.

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Collis P. Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

57 items. Also: reply telegram from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1896 September 1; letter from E.B. Hamilton to Collis P. Huntington, 1896 December 28, and Huntington's reply, 1897 January 6; copy of telegram from Collis P. Huntington to A.N. Towne, 1893 February 11; copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to H.J. Small, 1897 January 27. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, Southern Pacific Railroad, Republican campaign, death of A.L. Tubbs, James Bailey property in Sacramento, funding bill, Grove Johnson, Vancouver lands, Oakland Street Railway, Colonel Crocker, Hotel Del Monte, James I. Felter.

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Collis P. Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

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.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington

Manuscripts

38 items. Also: statement of oranges shipped for seasons 1894-1895; pencil sketch of window in picture gallery of Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco; copy of letter from Guillermo Nanne to Collis P. Huntington, 1895 August 25. Subjects: Southern Pacific Co., San Francisco Street Railway, Epes Randolph, Huntington-Hopkins Co., Santa Monica, railroad commission.

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J.S. Smith bid to paint residence for Collis P. Huntington

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