Manuscripts

Andrew G. Shaw affidavit…Solon Huntington

Description: Acquired from B.H. Rarick, February 1970.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1849 December 10
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.

Wyllys Ames et al document for Solon Huntington

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Bond on appeal. Certification copy signed by George W. Riblet, 1850 December 2. Acquired from B.H. Rarick, 1970 February 9.

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Homer B. Smith confession of judgment of Solon Huntington

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Acquired from B.H. Rarick, September 1970.

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Henry E. Huntington affidavit for Solon Huntington

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Note: Also signed by Caroline Huntington Holladay. Subjects: railroad investment.

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Collis P. Huntington letters to Andrew G. Shaw

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Subjects: property in Oneonta, New York.

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William E. Dunn letters to Henry E. Huntington

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Also: correspondence related to Arabella Huntington's car including a letter from Huntington to B.H. Hatcher, 1922 February; copies of telegrams from Huntington to Dunn, 1922 July; memo re: stock exchange with Southern California Edison; telegram from Huntington to Dunn, 1922 September 13. Subjects: Pacific Electric Railway, Los Angeles Railway Corp.

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Andrew G. Shaw letters to 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 (Henry E. Huntington's sister Caroline married Edmund Burke Holladay), and Metcalf families, but most of the collection deals with Huntington's business interests in Southern California, railways, real estate, and industry. There is a series about Henry E. Huntington and his family that 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. The largest series contains over 22,000 pieces of personal and business correspondence spanning approximately 1790 to 1950. The physical objects include Henry E. Huntington's lunch box, razors, traveling trunk, and other items.

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Andrew G. Shaw affidavit…Solon Huntington

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