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J.B. Wright telegram to Henry E. Huntington

Description: Also: copy of telegram from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1896 August 11. Subjects: California politics.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1896 August 11
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

50 items. Also: letter and telegram from Jay H. Northrop to Henry E. Huntington, 1891 October 11, 12; copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Northrup, 1891 October 26; copies of letters to C.L. Brown, Northrup, and Joseph S. Woolfolk from Henry E. Huntington, 1891 October 27; telegram from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, and copy of telegram from Henry E. Huntington to Northrup, 1892 February 29; letter from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1892 July 21; excerpts from letters from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1892 August 15; letter from W.D. Gilette to Henry E. Huntington, 1892 August 8; letter from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1892 August 15. Subjects: Big Sandy Railroad, Epes Randolph, Kentucky Central Railroad, Ashland Improvement Co. stock, Southern California Co., Southern California fruit production, Santa Monica breakwater, San Francisco street railways.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington

Manuscripts

57 items. Enclosure: 1896 August 20 letter had letter from W.G. Clark & Co. to John D. Isaacs, 1896 August 20. Also: telegram from Henry E. Huntington to J.A. Muir, 1896 August 1; two copies of memo "Political Aspect from Present Conditions," 1896 August 13; copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to A.E. Bradbury, 1896 September 3; memo by John D. Isaacs, giving dimensions of furnace room in house at 1020 California Street, San Francisco, home of Collis P. Huntington. Subjects: "Sound Money" buttons, Japanese steamship line, Huntington-Hopkins Co., Edwin Hawley, Grove L. Johnson and California politics, Harriet Saunders Huntington, Occidental & Oriental Steamship Co., Pacific Improvement Co., Republican party, death of A.L. Tubbs.

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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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Collis P. Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

63 items. Also: copy of letter from J.A. Muir to William H. Mills, 1896 January 27; telegrams from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington and to R.B. Campbell, 1896 April 17; copy of telegram from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1896 April 17. Subjects: Adolph Sutro, funding bill, hydroelectric plants, Huntington-Hopkins Co., warehouse purchase, Southern Pacific Railroad, Central Pacific Railroad, Market Street Railway, Grove Johnson, Union Pacific Railroad, California politics, Colonel Crocker, John D. Spreckles, Collis P. Huntington's San Francisco house, Los Angeles Hotel, Pacific Improvement Co., Pebble Beach, Hotel Del Monte, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington

Manuscripts

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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