Manuscripts

Henry E. Huntington letters to C.S. Mellen

Description: Enclosed in: 1897 October 8 letter was in letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1897 October 18; 1897 December 17 letter was in letter from Henry E. Huntington, 1897 December 17. Also: two memos regarding the cost of moving coal by railroad. Subjects: coal shipments, Northern Pacific Railroad.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1897
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.

C.S. Mellen letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Enclosed in: October 18 letter was in letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1897 October 22; November 29 letter was in letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1897 December 17. Also: copy of estimated cost of a line from the Southern Pacific mines at Douty to…Commencement Bay….Washington. Subjects: Northern Pacific Railway Company.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington

Manuscripts

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.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington

Manuscripts

38 items. Enclosures: 1897 December 17 letter had letter from C.S. Mellen to Henry E. Huntington, 1897 November 29, and copy of letter from Huntington to Mellen, December 17; 1897 December 22 letter from J.A. Muir to Henry E. Huntington, 1897 March 1, and letter from J.W. Taggart to J.A. Muir, February 27. Also: clipping from San Francisco Examiner summarizing last will of Charles Crocker, 1897 December 21 and list of securities, with copy belonging to Crocker. Subjects: Southern Pacific Co., hospital in San Francisco, Occidental and Oriental Steamship Co., exports and imports at Tacoma, coal shipments, fruit shipments, real estate market, California politics, Colonel Crocker's estate, J.A. Fillmore.

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Charles H. Tweed letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Enclosure: 1897 December 11 letter had letter from E.C. Wright to Henry E. Huntington, 1897 December 3; 1901 July 30 letter had copy of letter from D.R. Nelson to Tweed, 1901 July 26; 1901 July 31 letter had letter from D.R. Nelson to Tweed, 1901 July 30; 1901 October 29 letter had copy of letter from Thomas H. Hubbard to Tweed, with memos, 1901 October 29; 1901 December 20 letter had letter from Isaac E. Gates to Tweed, 1901 December 20. Also: copy of letter from Trustees of the American Development Co. to the Mexican International Railroad Co., 1897 May 25; memorandum agreement for sale by Executors of estate of Collis P. Huntington to Thomas H. Hubbard, 12,500 shares of the Pacific Improvement Co., 1901 October 1; copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Tweed, 1901 December 16. Subjects: Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Lexington machine shop, San Joaquin Valley Railroad Co., Southern Pacific bonds, Central Pacific Railroad, funding bill, Collis P. Huntington's estate.

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E.C. Wright letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Enclosed in: 1895 letter was in letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1895 December 19; 1897 letter was in letter from Charles H. Tweed to Henry E. Huntington, 1897 December 11. Also: epitome of lease with Southern Pacific Co. of California and epitome of lease with Sonora Railway, 1898 July 15. Subjects: Southern Pacific Railroad Co., Central Pacific Railroad Co.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to Thomas H. Hubbard

Manuscripts

Also: memo re: cost of removal of old track on San Pablo Avenue and conversion to electric power, 1897 October 6; copies of notes to Collis P. Huntington from Henry E. Huntington; copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1897 October 30; statement of receipts and disbursements of East Oakland Railroad Co., 1897 January-September and press copy; copy of letter from Frank S. Douty to Henry E. Huntington, 1898 October 12. Subjects: Oakland railways, Mrs. Stanford, Market Street Railway stock, I.W. Hellman, Oakland waterfront property, Southern Pacific Co.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to C.S. Mellen

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