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Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington

Description: 39 items. Enclosures: 1895 December 19 letter had letter from F.S. Douty to Southern Pacific, 1895 December 6 and letter from E.C. Wright to Henry E. Huntington, 1895 December 16; 1895 December 20 letter had copy of letter from Grove L. Johnson to Henry E. Huntington, 1895 December 9; 1895 December 23 letter had letter from Grove L. Johnson to Henry E. Huntington, 1895 December 17; 1895 December 30 letter had copy of letter from Charles F. Crocker to Collis P. Huntington, 1895 December 30. Also: note, in pencil, regarding amount due to Howard E. Huntington, 1895 December 23; list of Utah legislators and copy of assets of each as assessed. Subjects: Colton house purchase, Huntington-Hopkins Co., Collis P. Huntington's Nevada bank account, funding bill, insurance for Murillo paintings, Southern Pacific Co., Adolph Sutro, Market Street Railway stock, Republican National Convention and Grove L. Johnson, Utah politics and Isaac Trumbo, Santa Monica harbor, Los Angeles Terminal Railway.
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Date: 1895 December
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Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington

Manuscripts

46 items. Enclosures: 1896 January 6 letter had copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Grove L. Johnson, 1895 December 30; 1896 January 7 letter had copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to W & J. Sloane & Co., 1896 January 7, and list of rugs to be delivered to Sloane; 1896 January 9 letter had copy of letter from W. & J. Sloane & Co. to Henry E. Huntington, 1896 January 8. Also: memo from W.G. Curtis to Henry E. Huntington, 1896 January 7; memo regarding railroad tie consumption, 1888-1895; printed map with handwritten additions on announcement for real estate auction, 1896 January 23. Subjects: Santa Monica Outlook, Los Angeles Times, California and national politics, Los Angeles Terminal Railway, Rattlesnake Island, Grove L. Johnson, Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, San Diego Mayor Carlson, funding bill, Oakland Railway, Prentice house, Ambrose Bierce, California Pacific Railroad Co., Pacific Improvement Co. land sales, Southern Pacific Co., interviews in the Washington Post.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington

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76 items. Enclosure: 1896 May 11 letter had copy of letter from W.G. Curtis to William Mahl, 1896 January 27 and Report of Taxes Paid in California by Central Pacific Railroad Co., 1863-1895. Also: copy of letter from J.A. Muir to William H. Mills, 1896 January 27; copy of minutes of Southern Pacific Railroad Co. Director's Meeting, 1896 April 14; copy of memo regarding right of way on Sacramento levee, copy of telephone message from Jack B. Wright, 1896 May 6; copies of letter from B.A. Worthington to Henry E. Huntington. Subjects: Huntington-Hopkins Co., Adolph Sutro, funding bill, electricity in Sacramento, Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, Market Street Railway annual report, James de Barth Shorb's and Dennis Spencer's deaths, Grove L. Johnson, Central Pacific Railroad, Colonel Crocker, Santa Monica, J.D. Spreckels, Hiram Johnson and California politics, Pacific Improvement Co., Los Angeles Hotel, Atlantic & Pacific Railroad.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington

Manuscripts

40 items. Enclosures: 1898 January 18 letter had copies of two letters from William H. Mills to Henry E. Huntington, 1895 July 12, 17; 1898 January 20 letter had letter from Harr Wagner to Henry E. Huntington, 1898 January 20; 1898 May 31 letter had copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to W.J. Landers, 1898 May 31. Also: Autograph note by Henry E. Huntington and copy of estimated earnings of Southern Pacific Co., Pacific System, ending May 15, 1898. Subjects: Oakland Railway, orange shipments, California politics, Hawaii and President Sanford B. Dole, Joaquin Miller, Wells, Fargo & Co., Willard V. Huntington, Shorb station, Central Pacific Railroad, Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco.

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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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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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Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington

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60 items. Enclosure: 1896 July 11 letter had copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to William H. Mills, 1896 July 11. Also: list of plumbing fixtures and fittings and Bill of Lading for shipment from New York; two telegrams from Collis P. Huntington and B.A. Worthington to Henry E. Huntington, 1896 July 23. Subjects: Southern Pacific hospitals, Nippon Yusen Kaisaha shipping, Collis P. Huntington gift to the YMCA, politics, the silver party, and William Mills, Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, Santa Barbara water supply, Willard V. Huntington, Grove L. Johnson, Hiram Johnson, California politics, California Pacific Railroad, financial and funding bills, J.J. Cullenden and Harry N. Morse (detectives), Henry E. Huntington's health, Toyo Kaisaha Steamship Co.

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