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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Los Angeles County Records
    Dates: 1851-1909
    Collection Number: GC 1266
    Creator/Collector:
    Extent: (Boxes: 3 8x10 and 3 legal; 1ov; 4 ov folders)
    Repository: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
    Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
    Abstract: 1851 - 1909 (Bulk 1851-1883) Account books from 1880s-1890s. Poll tax books list surnames and tax information; 5 of the ledgers list surnames and page numbers of some other (unidentified) volume. Also cancelled bonds; warrants, vouchers and receipts; jury lists; militia lists; correspondence; civil and criminal judgments, court summons, bonds, attachments, warrants to pay witnesses, legal and social services rendered; Los Angeles city and county school papers; certificates for sales for taxes; applications for licenses; statements on properties for taxation. 1851 warrants in Spanish. Militia lists, 1861-62. Also Los Angeles City Treasurer warrants 1871-1873. Oversize box contains school district bonds. See also MSS 380 for 1850-1851. See also GC 1169 L.A. County Tax Collectors Office Records.
    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

    Los Angeles County Records. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

    Scope and Content of Collection

    1851 - 1909 (Bulk 1851-1883) Account books from 1880s-1890s. Poll tax books list surnames and tax information; 5 of the ledgers list surnames and page numbers of some other (unidentified) volume. Also cancelled bonds; warrants, vouchers and receipts; jury lists; militia lists; correspondence; civil and criminal judgments, court summons, bonds, attachments, warrants to pay witnesses, legal and social services rendered; Los Angeles city and county school papers; certificates for sales for taxes; applications for licenses; statements on properties for taxation. 1851 warrants in Spanish. Militia lists, 1861-62. Also Los Angeles City Treasurer warrants 1871-1873. Oversize box contains school district bonds. For other Los Angeles County archival records, see separate Los Angeles County Government Records finding aid. See also MSS 380 for 1850-1851. See also GC 1169 L.A. County Tax Collectors Office Records.

    Indexing Terms

    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Registers.
    Los Angeles County (Calif.)