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J.A. Muir letters to Henry E. Huntington

Description: Enclosed in: 1897 March 1 was in letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1897 December 22. Enclosures: 1899 December 25 letter had letter from M.H. Sherman to Muir, 1899 December 22; 1900 January 29 letter had letter from Sherman to Muir, 1900 January 25; 1901 February 8 letter had letter from John M. Crawley to Muir, 1901 February 6. Also: copy of telegram from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1896 May 1; copies of two letters from Muir to Collis P. Huntington and Charles F. Crocker, 1896 May 5; copy of letter from Muir to M. H. Sherman, 1899 December 23. Subjects: Los Angeles Terminal Railway Co., Santa Monica and San Pedro harbors, California politics, Hawaii, Los Angeles property Alameda St., Collis P. Huntington memorial and estate.
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Date: 1893-1901
Call number: mssHEH
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Henry E. Huntington letters to J.A. Muir

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Enclosure: 1895 December 31 letter had copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1895 December 24. Subjects: Hawaii, newspaper polling, Collis P. Huntington's estate.

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M.H. Sherman letters to J.A. Muir

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Enclosed in: 1899 letter was in letter from Muir to Henry E. Huntington, 1899 December 25; 1900 letter was in letter from Muir to Henry E. Huntington, 1900 January 29. Also: note from Muir to Huntington. Subjects: Frank Miller, Arcadia Hotel, Santa Monica.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington

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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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William Mahl letters to Henry E. Huntington

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Enclosures: 1892 July 29 letter had letter from Collis P. Huntington to F.S. Douty, 1892 July 29; 1895 February 5 letter had letter from Mahl to the National Hollow Brake Beam Co., 1895 February 4; 1896 March letter had copy of letter from Mahl to Douty, 1896 March 5 and letter from Douty to Mahl, 1896 March 11; 1897 January 21 letter had copy of letter from Mahl to Charles A. Dean, 1897 January 21; 1897 February 23 letter had copy of letter from Mahl to Charles F. Crocker, 1897 February 24; 1897 December 28 letter had copy of letter from Mahl to E.C. Wright, 1897 December 28; 1898 March 15 letter had copy of Report on Operations of the Central Pacific Railroad Co. for 12 months ending December 31, 1897. Also: copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Mahl, 1892 July 21; printed circular showing Sterlingworth rolled steel brake beam; several newspaper clippings re: use of electricity on railroad lines; copy of letter from Mahl to Crocker, 1897 January 30; Report on Operations of Southern Pacific Coast Railway, 1892-1896; copy of letter from Mahl to Wright, 1897 December 18; Southern Pacific Co. Lines condensed Statement...for 5 months ending November 30, 1897; copy of letter from Mahl to Douty, 1898 March 12; account of T.J. Wilson for Right-of-way purchases for Southern California Motor Road, 1898 June 18; copy of Report on Operations of the Central Pacific Railroad Co. for 12 months ending December 31, 1897. Subjects: coal interests in Vancouver, Pacific Improvement Co., coal for Central Pacific Railroad, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Houston & Texas Central Railroad, Collis P. Huntington properties.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington

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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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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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