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    George E. Miles letters to Henry E. Huntington

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    Enclosure: 1899 November 13 letter had letter from W.H. Kountz to Collis P. Huntington. Also: sketch of map rack; translations of excerpts from French newspapers relative to Adolph Sutro, 1894-1895. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco and health, Highland Park & Fruitvale Railroad, California politics, code confusion, funding bill, Santa Monica harbor, W.H. Holabird, Henry E. Huntington's health.

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    Thomas H. Hubbard letters to Henry E. Huntington

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    Subjects: Eastside Railway Co., Oregon, San Francisco Street Railways, Market Street Railway, Southern Pacific Company, railroad strike, Louis T. Barney, Jane Stanford, Pacific Improvement Co., Oakland railroads, Crocker's death, Central Pacific Railroad, Occidental & Oriental Co.

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    George E. Miles letters to G.L. King

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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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    George R. Webb letter to George E. Miles

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    Subjects: Market Street Railway Co.

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    George E. Miles letter to George R. Webb

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    Subjects: Market Street Railway Co.

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    Henry E. Huntington letters to Thomas H. Hubbard

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    Also: seven memos re: earnings and expenses on railway lines; copies of excerpts from letter by James L. Hill and Frances E. Clark, 1897 July; memo on Requirements of San Pablo Avenue lines to be continued through winter as cable road. Subjects: Eastside Railway Co. in Oregon, Southern Pacific Co., Mrs. Stanford, Market Street Railway Co., Pacific Improvement Co., Colonel Crocker's health, Central Pacific Railroad Co., Oakland railways, Occidental & Oriental Steamship Co., Oakland waterfront property.

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