Stephen C. Foster (1822—1898) was the first mayor of Los Angeles under American rule. He served four separate times. 1822 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The City of Los Angeles (from Spanish; Los Ãngeles) is the second-largest city in the United States in terms of population, as well as one of the worlds most important economic, cultural, and entertainment centers. ...
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Chronological Record of Los Angeles City Officials: 1850—1938, Compiled under Direction of Municipal Reference Library City Hall, Los Angeles March 1938 (Reprinted 1966)
StephenFoster's brief life spanned a dramatic period of American history: the dawn of industrialization; of westward expansion and the California Gold Rush; of Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln; of Emerson and Melville and Thoreau; of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman; of slavery and the Civil War.
StephenFoster was a surrogate for that lost child, the oldest and most talented of all of her children musically.
StephenFoster's music is one of the places where, for the first time in American history, different groups meet, and they can find each other in their music.
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