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- ↑ Paul R. Spitzzeri (Fall 2007). "What a Difference a Decade Makes: Ethnic and Racial Demographic Change in Los Angeles County during the 1860s" (PDF). Branding Iron.
- ↑ U.S. Census Bureau. "Population of the United States in 1860: California" (PDF).
