Manuscripts

Henry E. Huntington letters to Frank S. Douty

Description: Enclosure: 1897 February 24 letter had letter from Collis P. Huntington to Henry E. Huntington, 1897 February 19. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's paintings and furniture going to San Francisco, California Pacific Railroad, Olympic Club bonds, Hotel Del Monte, Union Pacific Coal Co., Union Colliery Co., Rocky Mountain Coal and Iron Co.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1895-1899
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.

Collis P. Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

68 items. Also: letter from A.K. Grim to Collis P. Huntington, 1897 September 8; note by A.B. Worthington; copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to Frank A. Miller, 1897 October 19. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, Market Street Railway, Santa Monica, Southern Pacific Railroad, Northern Pacific Railroad Co., Puget Sound coal mines, Oakland waterfront, employee relations, Union Colliery Co., Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railroad Co., Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Ensign Manufacturing Co., Vancouver lands, fruit shipped, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, Carson City, Nevada, coal freight rates, Hotel Del Monte, Occidental & Oriental Steamship Co., Frank A. Miller, Mission Inn, Riverside, Owen's Lake, "Sunset Limited," Central Pacific Railroad, Pacific Mail Steamship Co.

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Frank S. Douty letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: report on cost of construction GH & SA Railway between San Antonio and the east; copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1892 December 24; memo relative to sinking fund of Southern Pacific Railroad of New Mexico; report on number guests at Castle Crag Tavern, 1892-1896; report on prices of San Francisco property of Pacific Improvement Company, 1896 July 15; report on freight costs on coal paid to Northern Pacific Railway Co. 1896 June-1897 August; press copy of letter from George Schonewald to F.S. Douty, 1897 October 26.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to Collis P. Huntington

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60 items. Also: copy of letter from E.P. Ripley to Henry E. Huntington, 1899 November 18; table of Oakland Railroad earnings and expenses, 1898-1899; two maps showing location of coal properties; report of dividend paid by Huntington-Hopkins Co. to Collis P. Huntington, Charles W. Miller and W.R.S. Foye; copy of voucher from Southern Pacific Co. to Collis P. Huntington, 1899 November 29. Subjects: Union Colliery Co., San Francisco real estate, Henry E. Huntington's position at Southern Pacific Co., Indian School in Riverside, Pullman Co., telegraphers agreement, Market Street Railway stock, Pacific Improvement Co., Oakland Railway, Washington coal mines.

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Collis P. Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

43 items. Also: copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to William H. Holabird, 1900 July 10; copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to E. Hawley, 1900 August 13. Subjects: Southern Pacific Railroad, Pacific Improvement Co., Central Pacific Railroad, Union Pacific Railroad, Phelps Dodge & Co., Mr. Naugle, oil lands, Houston and Galveston, Union Colliery Co., Sonora Railroad, Epes Randolph, railroad terminal in Southern California.

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William Mahl letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

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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Collis P. Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

72 items. Also: copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to N.H. Conklin, 1899 November 15; two copies of form of deed between D.O. Miles and Southern Pacific Co. for certain property at Millbrae (Calif.) and two blueprint maps of property, 1899 November. Subjects: Central Pacific Railroad, Union Pacific Railroad, Mrs. Stanford, Stanford property "Twin Peaks," San Francisco real estate, Los Angeles Terminal Railway, Indian School in Riverside, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, Union Colliery Co., Robert Barker, Pacific Improvement Co.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to Frank S. Douty

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