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

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Early Mexican Imprint Collection
    Dates: 1828-1846
    Collection Number: GC 1147
    Creator/Collector:
    Extent: (Boxes: 1 ov; 2 ov folders)
    Repository: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
    Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
    Abstract: Documents issued by Mexican government, 1828 - 1846, reflecting the history of the city of Los Angeles, Southern California and Alta California; Andrés Pico; Manuel Micheltorena; and others.
    Language of Material: Spanish; Castilian

    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

    Early Mexican Imprint Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Documents issued by Mexican government, 1828 - 1846, reflecting the history of the city of Los Angeles, Southern California and Alta California; Andrés Pico; Manuel Micheltorena; and others. Secularization of the missions; Los Angeles elevated from a pueblo (town) to a ciudad (city); defense and escalation of war between the U.S. and Mexico. A container list is included; the descriptions are in English (translated by Esperanza Gutierrez). See also GC1360 Early Spanish American Imprint Collection

    Indexing Terms

    Mexican War, 1846-1848
    Missions--California--History
    Pico, Andrés (1810-1876)
    Micheltorena, Manuel, 1802-1853

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