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Johnston & Co. bill of sale for Samuel W. Holladay


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    Irving Insurance Company insurance policy with Samuel W. Holladay

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    Subjects: oil painting by Thomas Hill.

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    Standard Fire Office of London insurance policy for Samuel W. Holladay

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    Subjects: oil painting by Thomas Hill.

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    Pacificus Ord letters to Samuel W. Holladay

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    Also: letter from Thomas Fallon to Pacificus Ord, 1874 May 19.

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    Joseph H. Skirm letter to Samuel W. Holladay

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    Subjects: railroad grading on Holladay property.

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    George W. Martin agreement with Samuel W. Holladay

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    Also: note by Martin, on verso of list of lands for sale by the Central Pacific Railroad, 1886 September 29.

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    Samuel W. Holladay

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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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