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Robert Freeman letter to Henry E. Huntington
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William Freeman letter book
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A Leeward Islands letter book containing 87 letters relating to the management of the estates, financial, and legal affairs of William Freeman. The majority of the letters concern the management of his estates in St. Kitts, Nevis, and Montserrat, the transatlantic sugar and indigo trades, the movement of enslaved persons, and other political, legal, and financial matters; letters include mention of the death of Charles II, the Monmouth Rebellion, and the invasion of William of Orange. The main correspondents are Henry Freeman (William's younger brother), and Robert Helme; there are also letters to William's sister-in-law Sarah Helme, other local merchants, and Sir Nathaniel Johnson, Governor of the Leewards from 1686 to1689. In early 1685, Henry Freeman had travelled to the Leewards to act on his older brother's behalf, with very mixed results, until Henry's early death in 1690. The volume is written in a variety of italic and secretary hands, by clerks and presumably William Freeman; it is in four gatherings, evidently once bound but now loose and secured at the inner margin with old tape. The volume also contains a duplicate copy of one letter laid in.
mssHM 84411
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Robert Freeman letter to Henry E. Huntington
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Subjects: Occidental College.
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Robert E. (Robert Edwin) Peary letter to George Rockwood
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In this letter, written to New York City photographer, George Rockwood, Peary is paying for and asking about photographs of himself (that Rockwood took and sent to him) that he had received yet. Peary also promises to send Rockwood a copy of his "Arctic narrative" (his book Northward over the "great ice," published in 1898). The letter may be written by another person, but Peary signed it. There is also a note, possibly by Rockwood, "Have ordered 1dz" on page two.
mssHM 79890
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Belle H. Seager letter to Henry E. Huntington
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Letter to Henry Huntington asking for his aid to enable the Pasadena Boy Scouts to aid French boys to attend summer camp. She relates that the atmosphere created in the Boy Scout organization is extremely beneficial to boys in the devastated areas and to France in general. She goes on to relate the good work the Committee had undertaken under the direction of Miss Jesse Carson and is enclosing a copy of the report in hopes that he has time to read it. Mrs. Seager writes that she would appreciate any aid of suggestions Mr. Huntington might have and gives Mrs. Howard Huntington as a reference concerning the work of the Committee. Mrs. Seager writes that she will be away all summer in New England on Committee business, but her correspondence will be handled by Dr, George E. Hale's secretary. She asks for a short interview with Mr. Huntington when she returns in the fall. Letter is on American Committee for Devastated France letterhead.
mssHM 47841
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Rebecca R. Ord-Peshine letter to Henry E. Huntington
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Cover letter that accompanied HM 4150, R.B. (Richard Barnes) Mason letter to María de las Augustias de la Guerra y Carrillo de Jimeno, 1847, August 21. In this letter Rebecca R. Ord-Peshine presents the letter to her mother that she had in her possession for many years to Mr. H.E. Huntington for preservation as he sees fit.
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Collis P. Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington
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66 items. Also: newspaper clipping re: death of Moses C. Freeman; letter by Ben Wilson to Collis P. Huntington, 1893 September 8; two proxies for vote at shareholders meeting of Esquimalt Nanaimo Railway Co. and Union Colliery Co., 1893 September 18. Subjects: Port of Los Angeles, Southern California fruit shipments, railroad labor problems, Capital Gas Co., Market Street Railway stock, Collis P. Huntington's house in San Francisco, Oregon and California railroad, Southern Pacific Co., Wells Fargo, Pacific Mail Steamship Co., funds for Henry E. Huntington house, Eugene Clapp, Oakland.
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