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Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington

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52 items. Enclosure: 1897 October 18 letter had copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to C.S. Mellen, 1897 October 8; 1897 October 22 letter had letter from C.S. Mellen to Henry E. Huntington, 1897 October 18. Also: copy of statement of earnings "Sunset Limited," 1896-1897. Subjects: Southern Pacific Co., Pacific Improvement Co., coal freights, Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, San Francisco & San Joaquin Valley Railroad, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Market Street Railway, coal freights, Occidental & Oriental Steamship Co., Lewis H. Mulligan, Central Pacific Railroad stock, Oakland Railway, Hotel del Monte, Carson City Railroad, Virginia & Truckee Railroad, Oakland waterfront.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1897 October
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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