How did the Ellesmere Canterbury Tales and The Guttenbury Bible get to the Huntington library?How did the Canterbury Tales get to the Huntington Library in LA?
Collis P. Huntington, one of the Big Four, was the Western side of the transcontinental railroad. He later incorporated the Central Pacific into the Octopus, itself (Southern Pacific). At the time, SP had a virtual monopoly on rail transportation in California, and Huntington soon extended SP all the way to New Orleans. He was one of the wealthiest men in America in a time when there was no income tax. His library contains many treasures, most of which he simply bought.How did the Canterbury Tales get to the Huntington Library in LA?
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