Manuscripts

Henry E. Huntington letter to Theodore P. Shonts

Description: Also: printed article "Today's Railroad Problem," by Shonts.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1918 December 24
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.

Collis P. Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington

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36 items. Also: Printed article on oil as locomotive fuel in Southern California; translation (from French) of method of laying wood pavement. Subjects: railroad strike of 1894, San Francisco Street railway, Huntington-Hopkins Co., Southern Pacific Co., James Bailey, iron ore in California, Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, Market Street Railway, railroad commissioners, Santa Monica.

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Collis P. Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington

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46 items. Also: article proposed for publication about Southern Pacific Railroad; extract of letter from Clara Huntington Perkins Young to Collis P. Huntington, 1900 February. Subjects: J.D. Spreckles, San Francisco real estate, Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, Nevada coal, Carson & Colorado Railroad, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, George Crocker, Dr. Stebbins, Nevada Central Railroad, Pacific Improvement Co., Central Pacific Railroad.

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Edward McConnell letter to Henry E. Huntington

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Also: printed article about metallic railroad ties and copy of U.S. Patent thereto, 1903 April 21.

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Collis P. Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington

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75 items. Also: copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1899 June 20; printed map of San Francisco with additions in red ink. Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Railroad, San Francisco real estate, Sonora coal fields, W.H. Holabird, Los Angeles real estate, Utah and Pacific Railroad, Central Pacific Railroad, Colonel Crocker's estate, W.H. Kountz, Market Street Railway stock, copper mine in Arizona, George Crocker, Frank C. Prescott, Paris Exposition.

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Collis P. Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington

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71 items. Also: printed copy of Senate Bill 3064 and of Senate Calendar 924, 1896 May; copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to John H. Gear, 1896 August 28. Subjects: Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, railroad strike of 1894, Japanese steamship line, Harbor Commission, silvery parity, California politics, Willard V. Huntington, funding bill, Congressman Berry of Newport News, California Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Railroad, Yosemite National Park, Occidental & Oriental Steamship Co., "San Pedro" shipwreck.

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Collis P. Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington

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51 items. Also: copy of telegram from Henry E. Huntington to Charles E. Graham and from Graham to Huntington, 1899 December 21; copy of letter from Collis P. Huntington to Mrs. Portus B. Weare, 1899 December 15; note in pencil by W.H., 1900 February 14; Collis P. Huntington account, 1900 January 1. Subjects: San Francisco real estate, Pacific Improvement Co., Guatemala Central Railroad, Southern Pacific Railroad, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, Oregon and California Railroad, Santa Monica, John P. Jones, Los Angeles real estate, Galveston properties, Central Pacific Railroad.

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Henry E. Huntington letter to Theodore P. Shonts

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