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Tag: 1840s Los Angeles

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“At the Abode of the Celestials”: Edwin Bryant’s Visit to Los Angeles, January 1847

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on August 4, 2026
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“Of the Result of Both Days We Are Proud to Boast, But the 8th Was Indeed a Brilliant Affair”: A Letter About the Battle of San Gabriel, 14 January 1847

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 14, 2025January 15, 2025
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“Finally the Stronghold of the Mexicans Was Charged and Taken”: An Engraving of the “Battle of San Gabriel, California,” 8 January 1847

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 12, 2025
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“Our Thankfulness and Delight—Who Can Measure It?”: More of Dr. Jonathan Huntington Lyman’s Recollections of the Rowland and Workman Expedition of 1841, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on November 6, 2024
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Compadres: A Loan Document Between Juan Matias Sánchez and William Workman, 26 September 1850

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 26, 2024September 29, 2024
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What’s in Store: An Account Ledger Book for Merchant and Ranchero Henry Dalton, 30 September 1845, Part Three

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 9, 2024July 10, 2024
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What’s in Store: An Account Ledger Book for Merchant and Ranchero Henry Dalton, 30 September 1845, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 6, 2024
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What’s in Store: An Account Ledger Book for Merchant and Ranchero Henry Dalton, 30 September 1845, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 3, 2024
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Sharing the History of Forgotten City Maker F.P.F. Temple With the Los Angeles Corral of The Westerners

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on March 15, 2024
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“Have You Not Often Sighed for the Comforts of Home?”: Reading Between the Lines in a Letter from Cynthia Temple to F. P. F. Temple, 28 January 1842

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 29, 2024
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