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Bradley W. Foster letters to Isaac E. Gates
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J.D. Yarrington letter to Isaac E. Gates
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Enclosures: letter had correspondence related to claim of James Kilgore to certain lots in Kentucky, 1889-1890. Subjects: Kilgore claim, Catlettsburg, Kentucky.
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Isaac Edwin Gates letters to Henry E. Huntington
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Also: copy of telegram from Huntington to Gates, 1899 November 18; printed tax notice re: Collis P. Huntington real estate in Lexington, Kentucky; copy of agreement of Collis P. Huntington with Moletas Smith & Sons, 1899 October 1 and copy of letter from John Moulton to J.J. Gordon, 1899 December 16; memos relative to Paxton lands in West Virginia and maps of coal lands in Kentucky, New York, and Pennsylvania; copies of telegrams between Huntington and Gates, 1903 March 16; copy of letter from Huntington to Gates, 1903 April 7; copies of four letters between Huntington and Gates, 1903 April 15-29; and copy of letters from Huntington to Gates, 1903 June 29, July 2, 21, August 13. Subjects: Olympic Club bonds, Guatemala Central Railroad Co., Central Pacific Railroad stock, Southern Pacific Railroad stock, Pacific Improvement Co. deeds, Market Street Railway stock, San Francisco real estate, Collis P. Huntington's estate, Warsaw property, and executive cipher book.
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John J. Jackson letters to Isaac E. Gates
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Enclosed in: 1902 August 30 letter was in letter from Charles H. Tweed to Huntington, 1902 September 2. Also: copy of agreement between Little Kanawha Navigation Co. Board of Directors and bondholders, 1902 September. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's estate.
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Isaac Edwin Gates letters to Charles H. Tweed
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Enclosed: 1901 December 20 letter was enclosed in letter from Tweed to Henry E. Huntington, 1901 December 20. Also: copy of letter from William Durant, 1902 October 13, and copy of lease of "Post Office lot" in Long Lake, New York, by John McLaughlin to Durant, 1902 September 18; memorandum related to Kentucky Central Trust Fund, and copy of release of Trustees, by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company; appraisals of California properties covered by Charles Huntington, mortgaged 1903 August, September; drafts of deed to Brooklyn property from Walter A. Weber to Arabella D. Huntington and Henry E. Huntington and copies of two letters from Weber related to that property, 1901 July; draft of letter from Executors of Estate of Collis P. Huntington to Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute, 1904 February; letter from Fairfax Harrison to Gates, 1904 April 29, and three internal organizational letters of Southern Railway Co., 1904 March, April; draft of agreement regarding will of Collis P. Huntington, 1907 January 11; copy of letter from J.E. Foulds to Gates, 1907 October 22. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's estate.
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Bradley W. Foster letters to Henry E. 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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J.E. Foulds letters to Isaac E. Gates
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Also: copy of re-appraisement of the Collis P. Huntington estate in California, and copy of appraiser accounts for services, 1902 February 26. Enclosed in: 1902 December 24 letter was enclosed in Foulds letter to Henry E. Huntington, 1902 December 30.
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