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Tag: Los Angeles Star history 1863

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“Served Well in Army, Field and at Bar”: Some History of Alfred Beck Chapman (1829-1915), Part One

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  • Posted on April 11, 2026April 12, 2026
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Boyle Heights at 150: Some History of Andrew A. Boyle (1818-1871), Part Two

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  • Posted on October 2, 2025December 3, 2025
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Run of the Mill: A Receipt to F.P.F. Temple from Rowland’s Mill, Puente, 21 March 1853, Part One

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  • Posted on September 14, 2025June 6, 2026
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“The Outstanding Jewish Leader in the City”: Some History of Henry Wartenberg of Los Angeles, 1857-1879, Part One

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  • Posted on September 4, 2025December 3, 2025
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All the Right Notes: A Cancelled Promissory Note from William Workman to Isaias W. Hellman, 23 June 1866

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 23, 2025
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“Peace, a Lasting Peace, Now Dawns Upon Our Land”: Some History of Civil War-Era Los Angeles, 1861-1865

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  • Posted on May 14, 2025
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The Black Pioneers of Los Angeles County: Mining Media References to African-Americans in the 1860s

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  • Posted on February 24, 2025September 5, 2025
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The Evolution of Christmas: Holiday Observations in Los Angeles Newspapers, 1861-1865

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  • Posted on December 16, 2024December 17, 2024
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An Account of Los Angeles History in a Receipt from I.M. Hellman to the Estate of Ysidro Reyes, 11 October 1864

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on October 12, 2024October 12, 2024
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The Rise and Fall of Adobe Abodes in Greater Los Angeles, 1851-1876, Part Two

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  • Posted on June 24, 2024
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