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mssHM 68473-68482
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: J.B. Houston papers
Creator:
Houston, J.B.
Identifier/Call Number: mssHM 68473-68482
Physical Description:
1.29 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1881-1899
Abstract: Collection contains manuscripts, agreements, and correspondence, mostly related to J.B. Houston, the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company, and the Southern Pacific Company.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and
obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
[Identification of item]. J.B. Houston papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Helen Mangold, June 1968.
J.B. (James) Houston served as vice president and president of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
This collection contains manuscripts, agreements, and correspondence, most of which are related to J.B. (James) Houston, the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and the Southern Pacific Company. Items include an agreement between Collis Huntington, Sidney
Dillon, Russell Sage, and J.B. Houston regarding the buying and selling of Pacific Mail Steamship Company stock; extracts
from the minutes of a board meeting; and two statements regarding Thomas Reddington, J.W. Throckmorton, Joseph E. Johnston,
railroad legislation, and the Congressional Committee on Pacific Railroads. Other authors include Senator Roscoe Conkling,
Ulysses S. Grant (autograph letter signed to Mrs. J.B. Houston, 1884 October 25, HM 68476), and William T. Sherman. Also included
are two letters to J.B. Houston's daughter (her first name unknown) from soldiers, one stationed in Cuba and involved in the
Spanish-American War, the other participating in the South African War. The collection also includes poems and clippings.
This finding aid was created in 2022 by Melissa Haley as part of the American Presidential Papers Project with enhanced description
of the presidential material present. The items had been assembled physically and arranged by Huntington Library former staff
in the mid-20th century.
Fred E. Foster collection,
mssHM 80571-80574
Pacific Mail Steamship Company collection,
mssPacific mail steamship co
Collection is arranged chronologically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Railroad law
South African War, 1899-1902
Spanish-American War, 1898
Cuba -- History -- 1895-
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 19th century
Minutes (administrative records) -- United States -- 19th century
Dillon, Sidney, 1812-1892
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891
Sage, Russell, 1816-1906
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Throckmorton, J. W. (James Webb), 1825-1894
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Southern Pacific Company