W.H. Mills to CPH, June 16, 1892, CPH Papers, ser. 1, r. 50.
When Huntington approved the deal is not clear. It was in place by 1894;
CPH to Mills, June 20, 23, 1892, CPH Papers, vol. 228, ser. 2, r. 33.
W. H. Mills to CPH, June 28, 1892, CPH Papers. ser. 1, r. 50.
See also CPH to Mills, July 27, 1892, CPH Papers, vol. 228, ser. 2, r. 33.
W. F. Herrin to T. Williams, Sept. 27, 1894, HEH Collection.
CPH to Mills, Aug. 16, 1892, CPH Papers, vol. 229, ser. 2, r. 33.
W. H. Mills to CPH, June 1892, CPH Papers, ser. 1, r. 50.
R. M. Shackelford to CPH, Oct. 13, 1892, E. Curtis to CPH, Nov. 22, 1892, Curtis to CPH, Nov. 29, 1892, CPH Papers, ser. 1, r. 51.
R. Hal Williams, The Democratic Party and California Politics, 1880-1896 (Stanford: Stanford Univ. Press, 1973), 162-73.
By Dec. 10, Curtis said it looked as if White would win, Curtis to CPH, Dec. 10, 1892, CPH Papers, ser. 1, r. 51.
friend, Curtis to Huntington, Dec. 14, Dec. 16, 1892, CPH Papers, ser. 1, r. 51.