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James Baldwin (Los Angeles pioneer)

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James Baldwin was an early American settler and blacksmith in Los Angeles, California, arriving some time after 1858. He was a member of the Los Angeles Common Council, the governing body of that city, in 1859–60.[1][2][3]

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  1. ^ Juan José Warner, An Historical Sketch of Los Angeles County . . ., p. 11.
  2. ^ John Steven McGroarty, Los Angeles: From the Mountains to the Sea (1921), p. 192.
  3. ^ Chronological Record of Los Angeles City Officials,1850-1938, compiled under direction of Municipal Reference Library, City Hall, Los Angeles (March 1938, reprinted 1966). "Prepared ... as a report on Project No. SA 3123-5703-6077-8121-9900 conducted under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration."