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Tag: 1840s Los Angeles

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“We Carried Out These Sacred Duties With the Utmost Solemnity and Reverence”: Some History of the Old Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1856-1896, Part Three

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on October 11, 2026
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“At the Abode of the Celestials”: Edwin Bryant’s Visit to Los Angeles, January 1847

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  • Posted on August 4, 2026
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  • Places & Communities

“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

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  • 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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  • “We Carried Out These Sacred Duties With the Utmost Solemnity and Reverence”: Some History of the Old Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1856-1896, Part Three
  • “Banish From This Sacred Precinct The Spirit That Kills Through Excessive, Heartless Doubt”: Some History of the Old Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1856-1896, Part Two
  • “The Tenderest Sentiments of the Human Heart, Excited by the Memory of the Dead”: Some History of the Old Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1856-1896, Part One
  • “We Have Proved That Northcott is a Fiend—One of the Most Depraved of Degenerates”: The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders Revealed, September 1928, Part Nine
  • Tombstone Tales 2026: The Children of El Campo Santo, Part Two

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