Pacific Electric Land Company letters to Henry E. Huntington
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Also: copy of letter from Huntington to George S. Patton, 1904 April 26; report on lots on Tennessee Street deeded from Los Angeles Land Co.; letter from Huntington Land and Improvement Co. to Pacific Electric Land Co., 1905 February 9.
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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Enclosures: 1903 September 9 letter had cost sheets of lands acquired for Pacific Electric Railway Co., from Los Angeles Land Co., and copies of correspondence between Henry E. Huntington and C.A. Henderson, 1902 August-September; 1905 March 2 letter had letter from John Earle Jarding to George S. Patton, 1905 March 1. Also: blueprint map showing lands acquired for Right-of-Way for the Pacific Electric Railway Co.; copies of letters from Huntington to Huntington Land & Improvement Co., 1904 May 20, May 21; copies of letters from Huntington to E.G. Wood, 1904 May 12, 25; letter from Huntington to E.W. Boehme, 1905 October 10; copy of letter from Huntington to Patton, 1905 January 24 and envelope advertising Huntington properties in Alhambra, California; letter from Huntington Land & Improvement Co. to Patton, 1906 October 27; copies of letters from Huntington to Patton, 1905 October 31, 1906 November 13; letters from Patton to Huntington, 1906 October 30, November 8; statements of lots sold from Huntington Land & Improvement Co. to Patton, 1906-1908; statement of disbursements for Howard Huntington house from August 1906 to June 1907. Subjects: California and Santa Monica real estate, Pasadena Country Club, Oak Grove Improvement Co., San Marino land development.
Also: copy of letter from M. Knoedlger & Co. to G.C. Ward, 1911 January 20; map of track No. 2949 in San Marino; copy of statement of lot sales by Huntington Land & Improvement Co. and associated companies, 1915 September 18; sales report of lots, 1922-January 1-May 15; sales report, 1921 September-December; copy of letter from Huntington to Huntington Land & Improvement Company, 1923 January 15; copies of two letters from Charles E. Graham to Huntington Land & Improvement Company, 1922 June 7, August 30. Subjects: Huntington residence and shipping things from New York, Marengo Water Co., Huntington Lodge, Garvey Water Co., Huntington Hotel, Arabella Huntington accounts, 11th and Broadway lot.
Also: list of Los Angeles properties for sale; copy of telegram from Huntington to Stanton, 1904 May 24; map of the Los Angeles Land Co.'s subdivision of the Keller Tract (printed) and printed list of lots; copy of letter from Huntington to Stanton, 1925 May 18. Subjects: California real estate.
Also: copy of receipt issued to A.A. Biard, 1903 February 26; list of employees, 1904 February 1; five photographs showing Pacific Electric Building in construction, and memos on progress of plastering and construction work on building; copy of letter from G.W. Mulks to Isaias W. Hellman 1905 March 15 and from Hellman to Mulks, 1905 June 24; statement showing cost of various lines built or acquired by Pacific Electric Railway Company and Los Angeles Inter-Urban Railway Co., 1907 June 30; two equipment reports; sketch of area at 4th and Brand, Los Angeles. Subjects: Whittier line, railroad bonds.
Also: copy of letter from Graham to Arabella Huntington, 1923 September 5, copy of letter from Chateau Lauxier Inc., and memo, 1923 September 7; copies of 2 letters from Donald Harper to Graham, 1923 October 25, letter from Graham to Archer Huntington, November 5, letters from Huntington to Graham, 1923 November 12, November 24, December 12. Subjects: Huntington office space Adams Express building, New York, railroads and taxes, Duveen payment, Redondo Improvement Co., Pacific Electric Railway, Standard Felt, property deeded to San Marino, Chateau Beauregard, Pacific Improvement Co.
