California Immigration and Settlement Papers

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Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
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2017


Descriptive Summary

Title: California Immigration and Settlement Papers
Dates: (Bulk 1846 - 1900)
Collection Number: GC 1348
Creator/Collector:
Extent: (Boxes: 1/2 legal; 2 ov folders)
Repository: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
Abstract: An artificial collection includes booklets, correspondence, ephemera, forms, handbills, lithographs, manuscripts and newspaper accounts relating primarily to the settling of California by the Americans
Language of Material: English

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Preferred Citation

California Immigration and Settlement Papers. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Scope and Content of Collection

An artificial collection includes booklets, correspondence, ephemera, forms, handbills, lithographs, manuscripts and newspaper accounts relating primarily to the settling of California by the Americans; a manuscript about J.C. Fremont by Jessie Benton Fremont; excursion literature; papers by immigration organizations; also papers related to settling of the Southwest; also a letter by a London company sponsoring immigration to the eastern U.S. Also handbill for U.S. Amnesty Program of 1988. ca. 1846 - 1988, undated (bulk is 19th century)

Indexing Terms

Mexican War, 1846-1848
California--History