Manuscripts

Wisconsin. Grant County deeds and certificates

Description: Also: tax receipts. Subjects: Solon Huntington.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1848-1870
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.

Benjamin Shaw deeds with Peter Hungerford

Manuscripts

Also: transfer of deed by Hungerford to Freeman Wheeler, 1846 June 11; transfer of interest in property to Solon Huntington, 1846 June 18; transfer of deed by Shaw to Solon Huntington, 1846 February 25.

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West Virginia. Fayette Co. County Clerk's Office letter to William H. Hogeman

Manuscripts

Also: tax receipts from Kanawha County, W.V., 1875 November 17. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington property in West Virginia.

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John Deitz lease with John M. Watkins

Manuscripts

Also: transfer of above lease to Solon Huntington, 1846 January 14. Subjects: property in Oneonta, New York.

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California. Alameda County. Office of the County Treasurer certificate for Edmund Burke Holladay

Manuscripts

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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New York Protection Insurance Company receipt for Solon Huntington and Collis P. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: similar receipt for Solon Huntington, 1850 August 23.

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George E. Miles letter to Gustave Andou

Manuscripts

Fragile. Also: copy of list of children of Solon Huntington and of Henry E. Huntington, with dates of birth.

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Wisconsin. Grant County deeds and certificates

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Benjamin Shaw deeds with Peter Hungerford

West Virginia. Fayette Co. County Clerk's Office letter to William H. Hogeman

John Deitz lease with John M. Watkins

California. Alameda County. Office of the County Treasurer certificate for Edmund Burke Holladay

New York Protection Insurance Company receipt for Solon Huntington and Collis P. Huntington

George E. Miles letter to Gustave Andou