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Solon Huntington account book


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    M.R. Huler letter to Solon Huntington

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    Also: map of lots 23 and 25 in Walton's Lower Patent, New York, 1884 May 28.

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    New York Protection Insurance Company receipt for Solon Huntington and Collis P. Huntington

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    Also: similar receipt for Solon Huntington, 1850 August 23.

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    Solon Huntington account with Collis P. Huntington

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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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    E. Hansen letters to Henry E. Huntington

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    Also: list of shareholders of Transocean Finance & Commerce Corp., and copy of letter from Huntington to Hansen, 1923 August 28.

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    Collis P. Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington

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    43 items. Also: copies of letters from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1892 June-August, December 6, 26, 28; copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Frank M. Stone, 1892 August 19, and letter from Stone to Huntington, August 19. Subjects: Santa Monica wharf, British Columbia mining property, politics and railroads, Southern Pacific Co., Central Pacific Co., Oakland Waterfront case, Chicago lakefront, Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio railway, Main & Winchester vs. California Pacific Railroad, Oregon Pacific Railroad.

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    T.B. Coddington & Co. account with Solon Huntington

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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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