Daniel D. Page correspondence, 1847-1868.

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Daniel D. Page correspondence, 1847-1868.

Include letters from John Parrott, Howland & Aspinwall, Samuel L. M. Barlow and others, relating to property in St. Louis and San Francisco, the banking firm of Page, Bacon & Co., and the 1856 Vigilance Committee in San Francisco.

1 portfolio.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6677963

UC Berkeley Libraries

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Norris, Thomas W. (Thomas Wayne)

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Page, Daniel Dearborn, 1790-1869

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San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856

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The San Francisco Committees of Vigilance of 1851 and 1856 were formed when crime became widespread in the city of San Francisco in the wake of the Gold Rush. In 1856, the murder of James King of William sparked the reactivation of vigilante activities. King, a San Francisco newspaper editor, was shot by James. P. Casey, a corrupt official, after King attacked Casey in the columns of his paper. Immediately 10,000 men hastened to join the vigilantes, and William T. Coleman was again chosen as lea...

Barlow, Samuel L. M. (Samuel Latham Mitchill), 1826-1889

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Samuel Latham Mitchill Barlow, prominent corporation lawyer and backstage Democrat. Co-founder of the law firm of Bowdoin, Larocque, and Barlow in 1852, he specialized in corporate law and management, particularly in railroads, mining, land, and utilities, and was a part owner of the New York World. Barlow represented the English Shareholders Association in a successful attack on the corrupt management of the Erie Railroad in 1872 and was directly responsible for the ouster of Jay Gould from the...

Parrott, John, 1811-1884.

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Page, Bacon & Co.

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Howland and Aspinwall.

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