Fragile. Also: letters from Otis to Huntington, 1904 January 9, April 12, 15, May 2, June 2, 1905 January 10, 11, 25, March 5. Subjects: Los Angeles Post Office site.
gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, Collis H. Holladay, Jr., November 1981.
Gift of Southern California Transit District, December 1981.
gift of Alta California, January 1982.
Purchased from Frances Russell, March 1982.
Provenance unknown. In library as of January 1986.
gift of Collis H. Holladay, Jr., February 1992.
transferred from Ephemera, September 1992.
Gift of March 2001.
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Also: letters from Hammond to Huntington, 1903 October 1, 24, November 5, December 27, 1904 January 11, 22, February 2, March 4, April 28, May 6, 25, June 14, September 7, October 4, 26, December 6, 1905 January 30, February 10, 23, March 2; copy of letter from Thomas H. Hubbard to Hammond, 1903 December 21; copy of letter from Hammond to Thomas H. Hubbard, 1904 January 11; copy of letter from T.H. Curtis to Hammond, 1904 January 15; copy of letter from Hammond to T.H. Curtis, 1904 January 21; telegram from Hammond to Los Angeles Street Railway Co., 1904 February 26; letter from Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Co. to Hammond, 1904 April 14; autograph note by Hammond to Huntington; telegram from Hammond to Thomas H. Hubbard, 1904 June 14; copies of correspondence between Hammond, Hubbard, and Curtis, 1904 December 1, 6; copy of letter from C.W. Fulton to Hammond, 1905 January 31, and six letters from Hammond to Hubbard, 1905 February 9-10; and newspaper clipping re: Edwin Stone. Subjects: Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Co., Southern Pacific Co.
Also: copies of letters by Boyd to Huntington, 1903 October 8, December 1, 1904 January 29, February 2, March 16, April 2, 18, 22, 26, May 11, 1905 February 27; printed copy of letter from Secretary of the Treasury re: purchase of site for federal building at Los Angeles, 1904 January 23; printed copy of HR Bill 8361, 1903 December 18; copy of Congressional Act...to amend Sec. 17 of the Act...June 6, 1902, 1904 April 22; printed copy of Congress Amendment No. HR 18969 re: government expenses. Subjects: post office in Los Angeles.
Also: newspaper clipping "Irrigation Along the Rio Colorado," 1904 April 9; clipping "Appalling Evils of Unionism" by Otis; copy of letter from Huntington to Otis, 1905 April 3. Subjects: Imperial Valley and land use and irrigation, Los Angeles Herald, Southern California development, U.S. politics.
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.
Fragile. Also: letters from Patton to Huntington, 1904 March 31, April 12, 20, 25, 29, May 3, June 29, July 6, 7, 15, 18, 22, 23, August 12, December 10, 13, 17, 23, 24; copy of letter from P.A. Stanton to Patton, 1904 April 11; letter from W.T. Swayze to S.J. White, 1904 April 16; copy of letter from Patton to William R. Staats Co., 1904 April 21 and their reply, April 22, and letter Staats to Patton, July 13; topography sketch of Lot 2, Block 74 of Hancock Survey; copy of letter from Patton to Antoine Borel, 1904 June 29; copy of letter from W.S. Collins to Patton, 1904 July 7; two pencil sketches. Subjects: Dolge, Newport Beach Co., Oak Grove Improvement Co., Los Robles/San Marino Ranch, Marengo Water Co., property purchase and sale, real estate in California, Santa Monica, Huntington Drive Tract, Wallace purchase, stock transfer, De Soto Heights, Reyes Vine and Tract in Los Angeles, Durham fired.
Enclosure: 1903 February 2 letter had letter from Baker, Botts, Baker & Lovett to Tweed, 1903 January 26 and petition of Charles L. Wallis for appointment as administration of estate of Collis P. Huntington in Texas, 1903 January 20; 1904 April 22 had memorandum from Maxwell Evarts to Executors of Estate of Collis P. Huntington, 1904 April 21; 1904 July 5 letter had copy of letter from J.W. Terry to Tweed, 1904 June 28; 1905 October 30 letter had letter from Tweed to John E. Parsons, 1905 October 30. Also: copy of letter from Huntington to Tweed, 1902 December 27; copy of letter from Tompkins, McIlvaine to Tweed, 1905 July 17; copy of telegram from Huntington to Tweed, 1905 October 18; copy of letter from Parsons, Closson & McIlvaine to Tweed, 1905 October 21; copy of letter from John E. Parsons to Tweed, 1905 October 25; copy of letter from Tweed to Parsons, 1905 October 26. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's estate, Warsaw, New York property.
