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'''Nehemiah A. Potter''' was a member of the [[Los Angeles Common Council|Los Angeles, California, Common Council]]—the governing body of the city—for three terms between 1859 and 1863. He was president in the 1859–60 term.<ref>''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]]."</ref>
'''Nehemiah A. Potter''' was a member of the [[Los Angeles Common Council|Los Angeles, California, Common Council]] for three terms between 1859 and 1863. He was president in the 1859–60 term.<ref>''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]]."</ref>
Potter was one of the organizers of the first Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles, on the corner of New High and Temple streets, about 1855.<ref>[http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.lapl.org/hnplatimes/docview/161248964/134CDA65E3960CC0476/3?accountid=6749 "Church History, No. 2: Another Chapter Which Goes Outside of Church Records," ''Los Angeles Times,'' July 9, 1882, page 3]</ref><ref>[http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.lapl.org/hnplatimes/docview/161335933/134CDA200AF3CEA2875/12?accountid=6749 A "history of Los Angeles, published in 1880, by Messrs. Thompson & West," quoted in "Church History, No. 3," ''Los Angeles Times,'' July 11, 1882, page 3]</ref>

Potter helped organize the first [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian Church]] in Los Angeles, on the corner of New High and Temple streets, about 1855.<ref>[https://search.proquest.com/docview/161248964 "Church History, No. 2: Another Chapter Which Goes Outside of Church Records," ''Los Angeles Times,'' July 9, 1882, page 3]</ref><ref>[https://search.proquest.com/docview/161335933 A "history of Los Angeles, published in 1880, by Messrs. Thompson & West," quoted in "Church History, No. 3," ''Los Angeles Times,'' July 11, 1882, page 3]</ref>


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Latest revision as of 20:44, 28 February 2020

Nehemiah A. Potter was a member of the Los Angeles, California, Common Council for three terms between 1859 and 1863. He was president in the 1859–60 term.[1]

Potter helped organize the first Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles, on the corner of New High and Temple streets, about 1855.[2][3]

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  1. ^ 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."
  2. ^ "Church History, No. 2: Another Chapter Which Goes Outside of Church Records," Los Angeles Times, July 9, 1882, page 3
  3. ^ A "history of Los Angeles, published in 1880, by Messrs. Thompson & West," quoted in "Church History, No. 3," Los Angeles Times, July 11, 1882, page 3