Hugo Reid Collection
1852
Title: Hugo Reid Collection
Dates: 1852
Collection Number: GC 1110
Creator/Collector:
Reid, Hugo
Extent: (Boxes: 1/2 legal)
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Abstract: Correspondence along with letters to the editor of "Star" newspaper. Topics emphasize customs and the treatment of Mission
Indians. Signatures are Hugo Ried [sic] and P. Hugo Ried [sic]. Primarily undated, with one sheet dated 1852.
Language of Material: English
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Hugo Reid Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Biography/Administrative History
Hugo Reid (1811?-1852) left Scotland at the age of eighteen and settled in California in 1832. He married a woman of the Gabrielino
tribe and became a rancher and owner of Rancho Santa Anita, near the San Gabriel mission in Los Angeles County.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence along with letters to the editor of "Star" newspaper. Topics emphasize customs and the treatment of Mission
Indians. Signatures are Hugo Ried [sic] and P. Hugo Ried [sic]. Primarily undated, with one sheet dated 1852.
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.)
Gabrielino Indians