Henry E. Huntington letters to Christian de Guigne
Description
Also: agreement between Huntington and Guigne, 1903 January; letters from Guigne to Huntington 1904 January 27, February 9; copy of letter from Epes Randolph to Huntington, 1904 February 5. Subjects: Shorb Ranch; Huntington San Marino Ranch; Huntington E. Library and Art Gallery; Pacific Electric Railway Co., Los Angeles Land Co.
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.
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.
Also: agreement between Huntington Land & Improvement Company and Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, 1927 February 28, and a copy of that document. Subjects: Standard Felt Co.
Also: cypher for translation of telegram; letter from Hellman to Huntington, 1903 June 2; telegram from Hellman, Antoine Borel and Charles de Guigne to Huntington, 1903 June 23, 24; statement relative to construction costs of Pacific Electric Railway lines; memo in pencil in handwriting of Huntington, Shorb Ranch agreement; agreement re: railways in Southern California acquired by Pacific Electric Railway Co. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's estate, Market Street Railway Co., petition by commercial bankers in Los Angeles, San Gabriel Valley Rapid Transit Railway, Southern Pacific Co., Los Angeles Railway Co.
Enclosures: 1902 August 19 letter had copies of correspondence with Kern River Co. and Miller & Lux, 1902 July 30-31; 1904 July 18 letter had copy of letter from Pacific Light & Power Co. to Isaias W. Hellman. Also: letter from Pacific Light & Power Co. to Henry E. Huntington, 1902 August 5; letters from Kerckhoff to Huntington, 1902 September 12, 1903 February 18, June 12, 1904 July 8, September 22, 1905 February 6; copy of agreement between Pacific Light & Power Co. and Pacific Electric Railway Co., 1902 July 26; copy of letter from Pacific Light & Power Co. to Henry E. Huntington, 1904 July 23; copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to W.S. Tevis, 1904 September 22. Subjects: Dolge Felt Company, San Fernando Ranch properties, Los Angeles Post Office site.
Also: letters from White to Huntington, 1904 April 23, May 26, June 9, July 1; telegram from White to Huntington, 1904 May 27; letter from Robert Strong to White, 1904 May 25; agreement to sell certain property in South Pasadena, California, from Charles K. Alley to S.J. White & Co., 1904 June 9, and map of property.
