Manuscripts

S. & G. Gump & Co. letters to Henry E. Huntington

Description: Also: invoice, 1905 September 16, and copies of five letters from Huntington to Gump & Co.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1902-1926
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.

George S. Patton letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copies of letters from Huntington to Patton, 1905 February 2, 15, 16; March 2, 16; 1906 February 5; 1907 January 9, 19; sketch of "Philbrook's Sub-division of two acres in Lot 1, Bl. 39, Hancock's Survey;" blueprint copy of map, with color additions, of De Soto and Boston Heights subdivisions, Los Angeles; letter from Huntington Land and Improvement Co. to Patton, 1906 October 20; statement of lot sales by Huntington Land and Improvement Co., 1907 March 2, 16-23; September 28; letter from Arvin H. Brown to Patton, 1925 October 19; copy of letter from Brown to Huntington, 1925 September 8. Subjects: Pasadena, South Pasadena, and California real estate, Pacific Electric Land Co., Arabella Huntington property in Santa Monica.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to William G. Kerckhoff

Manuscripts

Enclosures: 1902 August 19 letter had copies of correspondence with Kern River Co. and Miller & Lux, 1902 July 30-31; 1904 July 18 letter had copy of letter from Pacific Light & Power Co. to Isaias W. Hellman. Also: letter from Pacific Light & Power Co. to Henry E. Huntington, 1902 August 5; letters from Kerckhoff to Huntington, 1902 September 12, 1903 February 18, June 12, 1904 July 8, September 22, 1905 February 6; copy of agreement between Pacific Light & Power Co. and Pacific Electric Railway Co., 1902 July 26; copy of letter from Pacific Light & Power Co. to Henry E. Huntington, 1904 July 23; copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to W.S. Tevis, 1904 September 22. Subjects: Dolge Felt Company, San Fernando Ranch properties, Los Angeles Post Office site.

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Huntington Land & Improvement Company letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Enclosures: 1903 September 9 letter had cost sheets of lands acquired for Pacific Electric Railway Co., from Los Angeles Land Co., and copies of correspondence between Henry E. Huntington and C.A. Henderson, 1902 August-September; 1905 March 2 letter had letter from John Earle Jarding to George S. Patton, 1905 March 1. Also: blueprint map showing lands acquired for Right-of-Way for the Pacific Electric Railway Co.; copies of letters from Huntington to Huntington Land & Improvement Co., 1904 May 20, May 21; copies of letters from Huntington to E.G. Wood, 1904 May 12, 25; letter from Huntington to E.W. Boehme, 1905 October 10; copy of letter from Huntington to Patton, 1905 January 24 and envelope advertising Huntington properties in Alhambra, California; letter from Huntington Land & Improvement Co. to Patton, 1906 October 27; copies of letters from Huntington to Patton, 1905 October 31, 1906 November 13; letters from Patton to Huntington, 1906 October 30, November 8; statements of lots sold from Huntington Land & Improvement Co. to Patton, 1906-1908; statement of disbursements for Howard Huntington house from August 1906 to June 1907. Subjects: California and Santa Monica real estate, Pasadena Country Club, Oak Grove Improvement Co., San Marino land development.

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Shreve & Co. letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: copies of four letters from Huntington to Shreve & Co., 1903 November-December; letter from William E. Dunn to Huntington, 1903 December 16. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's estate, Automobile Club trophy.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to George S. Patton

Manuscripts

Fragile: Also: letters from Patton to Huntington, 1904 December 27, 1905 January 18, 21, 30, 31 February 2, 7, 9, 10, 16, 25, March 7, 10, 15, April 26, 29 ; letter from Pacific Electric Land Co. to Huntington, 1905 January 18 (signed by Patton); plan of 5th floor of Pacific Electric building, Los Angeles; letter from Los Angeles Land Co. to Patton, 1905 January 30; letter from George E. Pillsbury to Patton, 1905 January 31; letter from A.M. Parsons to Los Angeles Land Co., 1905 February 10; copy of letter from Los Angeles Board of Park Commissioners to Patton, 1905 March 6; copy of letter from Albert H. Schliebitz to Huntington, 1905 March 6; letter from Patton to Charles E. Graham, 1905 March 9. Subjects: property sales, moving of trees and shrubs to Shorb place, Chippendale property, Keller Tract, Dolge, palms moved to Los Robles Ranch, Pasadena Country Club, real estate in California, East Lake Park, Los Angeles Brewing Co., Huntington Land & Improvement Co., storm sewage at Ranch, San Marino land development.

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Howard Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Enclosures: 1905 March 31 letter had letter from Antoine Borel & Co. to Howard Huntington, 1905 March 28 and letter from C.A. Henderson to Howard Huntington, 1905 March 31; 1908 November 4 letter had copy of letter from Howard Huntington to J. McMillan, 1908 September 15. Also: copies of letters from G.J. Kuhrts to Howard Huntington, 1904 August 2, 1907 January 22 and blueprint map of area showing Los Angeles River from Fremont Gate to Downey Avenue; receipt from Howard Huntington for account of Henry E. Huntington, to E.T. Cook, 1908 March 19; newspaper clippings re: Eugene E. Hewlett; copy of house repair estimate from Myron Hunt to Howard Huntington, 1918 November 23; copy of telegram from Henry E. Huntington to Howard Huntington. Subjects: Los Angeles Railway Co., Pacific Electric Co., Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric Railway Co., Los Angeles Land Co., Isaias W. Hellman, , George A. Damon, end of Word War I, influenza epidemic.

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S. & G. Gump & Co. letters to Henry E. Huntington

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