Manuscripts

Andrew Burnside deed for Alanson D. Reynolds

Description: Also: certificate. Subjects: land in Milford, New York.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1866 February 8
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.

Alanson D. Reynolds and Elizabeth Reynolds deed with Solon Huntington

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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 (Henry E. Huntington's sister Caroline married Edmund Burke Holladay), and Metcalf families, but most of the collection deals with Huntington's business interests in Southern California, railways, real estate, and industry. There is a series about Henry E. Huntington and his family that 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. The largest series contains over 22,000 pieces of personal and business correspondence spanning approximately 1790 to 1950. The physical objects include Henry E. Huntington's lunch box, razors, traveling trunk, and other items.

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Chester D. Pope and Elizabeth D. Pope deed with Solon Huntington

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Subjects: land in Oneonta, New York.

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Orrin Beach and Nancy M. Beach warranty deed for Alanson D. Reynolds

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Elizabeth Jones deed with Solon Huntington

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Subjects: 50 acres of land in New Lisbon, New York.

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Anthony Garrison and Julia A. Garrison deed with J.G. Wells

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Subjects: land in Oneonta, New York.

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Jacob S. Hopkins and Almaret Hopkins warranty deed for Solon Huntington

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Also: certification signed by Constant S. Trevett, 1852 April 29. Subjects: land in Oneonta, New York.

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Andrew Burnside deed for Alanson D. Reynolds

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