Early Mexican Imprint Collection
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Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
2016
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Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
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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
Research is by appointment only
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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
Mexican War, 1846-1848
Missions--California--History
Pico, Andrés (1810-1876)
Micheltorena, Manuel, 1802-1853