Los Angeles County Records
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Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
2016
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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
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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.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Registers.
Los Angeles County (Calif.)