Los Angeles Prefecture Records [microform]

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  Los Angeles Prefecture Records

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  This collection contains three volumes with records of the governance of the southern portion of Alta California from the Mexican Constitution of 1824 through the creation of the Los Angeles Prefecture in 1837 and the conquest by the United States in 1846 to the California State Constitution of 1850. These volumes include alcalde correspondence, 1823; ayuntamiento minutes from 1832; judicial records of civil and criminal cases; records of the Los Angeles prefecture from 1834; register of cattle brands and marks, 1833-52; notarial records; petitions for land; claims for mines; deeds, mortgages, contracts, bankruptcy papers, and wills; inventories of personal and household goods; court-martial papers; censuses; and decrees and proclamations. These documents are in Spanish. HM 81572: Volume A (1825-1847) HM 81573: Volume I (1834-1849) HM 81574: Volume 2 (1840-1850) List of some notable items: S. Argüello to the Judge of the Peace. Concerning the jurisdiction of secular and ecclesiastical authority in the granting of divorces. Los Angeles, May 6, 1842. Folio 150. Re. Santa Catalina Island. Petition of Luis Vignes and Juan Ramirez for the island in order to raise there donkeys and sheep, this being the only possible industry that might flourish there due to the rugged formation of the island. Sept. 4, 1840. Fol. 320-321. Re. Cañada de la Brea - judicial possession of. Mar. 15, 1841. p.352, 354, 576. Rancho of Julio Verdugo - Mar. 29, 1841. p. 354 Concerning horse races in Los Angeles - 1841. p. 376 et seq. Re. El Toro land - p. 383 Re. San Dieguito - p. 390 (1843) Re. Sta. Monica - p. 402 (1843) Re. Rancho La Cienega - p. 404 (1843) Re. Lompoc - p. 413 Sketch of Argüello (in pencil). - after p. 415, on a blank page. Re. Salsipuedes Rancho - p. 416 (1840) Raymundo Carrillo - a good number of his papers. p. 450 et seq. S. Argüello - corresp. concerning the granting of land titles, 1841. p. 483. Los Angeles City administration - a good deal of information found in Argüello's correspondence, mainly around page 593 and following. Micheltorena, Manuel - Copy of letter to Argüello dated San Fernando, Oct. 25, 1842. Concerning the appearance at Monterey of Commodore Jones, firing upon the port, etc. This is a very spirited letter, voicing his patriotism and enjoining all Californians to take up arms against the invaders. p.593. R.B. Mason - Proclamation. Aug. 7, 1848 (printed). p. 730 B. Riley - Proclamation to the People of ¯California, june 3, 1849. p. 762. Horse-racing - rules, etc. Sept. 2, 1839 (p. 4 - 28) Re. Limantour -p. 170-71. Re. J. Salazar - p. 171, 172, et seq. Julio Cayetano - p. 180 Jose Antonio Yorva [Yorba?] - inventory of property, etc., after his decease. p. 192. Luis Bauchet - inventory of property, p. 205 Enrique Sepulveda - documents concerning his property, inventories made after his decease, etc. p. 231 Carlos Baric - documents concerning his property, claims on his estate, etc. p. 263 et seq. Agustin Martin - (Frenchman) p. 289 Demetrio Villa - Conveyance of property. p. 326 Jose Arnaz - re. property, p. 337 Juan Bautista Leandry - disposition and inventory of property after his decease, 1849, p. 388-414. Rancho Santa Anita - Deposition of Marion B. Roldan that Victoria Reid & her children had given their consent to Hugo Reid to sell the Rancho. May 28, 1847. p. 490 Frenchmen in Los Angeles. Petition to investigate the murder of one of their countrymen. July 16, 1847. p. 490 Tiburcio Tapia - Inventory of his property, p. 600 Padron de sonoreños (census) - 1847, p. 631 A.W. Flügge - documents referring to the Brig Primavera, p. 650, 652-674. Ranchos - List of ranchos with the number of men belonging to each and the amount of firearms, 1848, p. 732. Juan Perez - inventory made for the settlement of his estate. p. 733. Election in Los Angeles - list of voters present at the house of Abel Stearns, p. 798. List of voters in the house of Matias Gabicho (Dec.17, 1849), p. 807. Returns, Dec. 21, 1849, p. 811 et seq.; final returns, p. 851.

  mssHM 81572-81574

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  Los Angeles Prefecture Records [microform] 1825-1850, MSS MFilm 00382 Vol. A

  Manuscripts

  Archives of the Prefecture of Los Angeles translated into English from Spanish originals.

  mssHM 81572

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  Los Angeles Prefecture Records [microform] 1825-1850, MSS MFilm 00382 Vol. 1

  Manuscripts

  Archives of the Prefecture of Los Angeles translated into English from Spanish originals.

  mssHM 81573

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  Los Angeles Prefecture Records [microform] 1825-1850, MSS MFilm 00382 Vol. 2

  Manuscripts

  Archives of the Prefecture of Los Angeles translated into English from Spanish originals.

  mssHM 81574

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  Honey record book [microform]: 1916

  Manuscripts

  Microfilm of Joab Collier's honey record book, kept in and around Vernal and Washington, Utah, from April to August 1916. The notebook includes entires on the conditions of local hives and charts showing the number of bees found alive, dead, or "foul."

  MSS MFilm 00177

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  Early Records of Utah [microform]: 1852-1867

  Manuscripts

  Microfilm of a record book kept by the Church Historian's Office tracing the early history of Mormon settlement in Utah, also referred to as history of Brigham Young (it may have been kept in Young's name). The volume opens with a section entitled "Early Records of Utah," which covers 1847-1851 and begins with Orson Pratt and Esratus Snow's arrival in Salt Lake City. Subsequent sections are entitled "Incidents in Utah History" (1852-1854) and Utah Historical Incidents (1855-1867). Topics covered include a history of the Mormon Church, history of Mormon settlement in Utah, establishment of political and religious councils, experiences of Church leaders, interactions with local Indians, and colonization missions.

  MSS MFilm 00273