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Canada. Marine & Fisheries Dept. letters to Henry E. Huntington

Description: Subjects: Pacific Improvement Company and the wreck of the ship San Pedro. Enclosed in: Collis P. Huntington letter to Henry E. Huntington, 1896 August 31.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1896-1897
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.; Gift of Charles Apfelbaum, April 1981.; gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, Collis H. Holladay, Jr., November 1981.; Gift of Southern California Transit District, December 1981.

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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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Associated people

Barton, Loren Roberta, (1893-1975,)

Cohen, Alfred A. (1829-1887,)

Crocker, Charles, (1822-1888)

Duveen, Joseph Duveen, (1869-1939)

Farrand, Max, (1869-1945)

Graham, Charles E. (1868-1938,)

Hale, George Ellery, (1842-1920,)

Hapgood, George D., (1878-1966)

Hellman, Isaias W. (1813-1878)

Hertrich, William, (1868-1952,)

Hopkins, Mark, (1850 or 1851-1924,)

Hunt, Myron, (1821-1900,)

Huntington, Arabella Duval, (1843-1918,)

Huntington, Collis Potter, (1855-1937,)

Mahl, William, (1868-1953,)

Mellon, Andrew W. (1765-1848,)

Metcalf, Edwards H. (1856-1927)

Miles, George E., (1874-1937,)

Millikan, Robert Andrews, (1870-1920.)

Otis, Harrison Gray, (1824-1893,)

Patton, George S.

Pope, John Russell,

Smith, George D.

Stanford, Leland,

Tweed, Charles H.,

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