Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Biography/Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Jonathan D. Dunlap Papers
Dates: 1868-1890
Collection Number: GC 1008
Creator/Collector:
Extent: .8 linear ft. (Boxes: 2 legal) (1 mc folder)
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
Abstract: Primarily correspondence to Dunlap, with some telegrams and statements; Dunlap's certificates of appointment are included.
Language of Material: English
Access
Research is by appointment only
Publication Rights
Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Jonathan D. Dunlap Papers. Collection Number: GC 1008. Seaver Center for Western History Research,
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Biography/Administrative History
Dunlap was appointed Deputy U.S. Marshal for the District of California in 1868; he was appointed Deputy U.S. Marshal for
the Southern District of California in 1869; he was again appointed to the Southern District in 1874.
Scope and Content of Collection
Primarily correspondence to Dunlap, with some telegrams and statements; Dunlap's certificates of appointment are included.
The bulk of the material concerns land problems, especially as related to the railroads. Also contains material on military
desertions, fugitives, illegal liquor traffic and various matters related to the duties of the Deputy Marshal of the United
States. 1868-1890, undated.
