Correspondence of Charles Crocker 1881-1883.

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Correspondence of Charles Crocker 1881-1883.

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The collection contains letters from Charles Crocker to Collis Huntington and Huntington's secretary Isaac Gates written between August 1881 and December 1883. The letters were dictated by Crocker to private secretaries in San Francisco and sent to Huntington in New York City. The items sent to Isaac Gates are of adminstrative in nature. Most of the items sent to Huntington are business-related, including Crocker and Huntington's interests in the Southern Pacific Railroad, the Central Pacific Railroad, the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company, and other railroads and mines scattered through the Southwest, Oregon, and Mexico. The letters have been arranged chronologically.

675 pieces.3 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 7088531

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