Lot 258
Huntington, Colis Potter (1821-1900) One of the Big Four of western railroading (along with Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker) who built the Central Pacific Railroad as part of the first U.S. transcontinental railroad.
Letter signed ("C.P. Huntington"), 1p, 11 x 8¼", New York, Jan. 19, 1886, to A.C. Hutchinson in New Orleans. In part, "…Mr. Hillhouse wrote to me about the Louisiana Central and mentioned that he thought you were opposed to building the road and as you wrote to me about the same and expressed about the same views I thought nothing further of the matter - but I can assure you there was nothing in the correspondence detrimental to yourself or to anyone else…." Fine.
Estimated Value $250 - 350.
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