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Henry Saunders Sr. letter to E. Mulford Wade


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    Mulford Wade letters to Henry E. Huntington

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    Also: copy of letter from Paul Shoup to Wade, 1924 June 13; copy of letter from Huntington to Wade, 1924 August 11. Subjects: Howard E. Huntington's death.

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    Henry Saunders Sr. letters to Sally Saunders and Harriet Huntington

    Manuscripts

    Also: letter from Marcia Saunders Wade?

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    Harriet Huntington letters to E. Mulford Wade and Sarah Saunders Wade

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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, and Metcalf families, but most of the collection deals with Huntington's business interests in Southern California, railways, real estate, and industry. Series 2. Henry E. Huntington and his family 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. Also included are the blueprints for the Huntington's San Marino residence. Series 3. Correspondence contains over 22,000 pieces of personal and business correspondence spanning 1794 to 1970. The physical objects include Henry E. Huntington's lunch box, razors, traveling trunk, and other items.

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    Charles R. Saunders letter to E. Darwin Saunders

    Manuscripts

    Also: letter from Harriet Huntington to Henry and Sally Saunders, 1841 January 29.

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    Lydia S. Cooke letter to Sally E. Saunders

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    On verso: letter from Sally E. Saunders to Sarah Saunders Wade and E.M. Wade, 1841 August 15.

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    Henry E. Huntington letter to Harriet Huntington

    Manuscripts

    Also: letter from Mary Prentice Huntington to Harriet Huntington; memo regarding assets in bonds belonging to Harriet Huntington, 1890 August 15.

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