San Francisco Committee of Vigilance miscellany, 1856 and [undated].

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San Francisco Committee of Vigilance miscellany, 1856 and [undated].

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Membership and financial records of the Twenty-third Company of the Vigilance Committee of 1856, under the command of Capt. John T. Little, consisting of miscellaneous bills, receipts, notices, letters, reports, minutes, a muster roll, and an account book; two resolutions opposed to the Vigilance Committee; a typescript, titled: The sixty day rules in San Francisco of the Vigilance Committee of 1856, by Almarin B. Paul; photostat copies of a "proposed plan for completing the county jail" and an order from the Executive Committee for an individual to leave San Francisco under penalty of death; a medallion of membership in the Vigilance Committee; and a piece of sheet music commemorating the death of James King of William, whose assassination in 1856 led to the formation of the Committee.

4 folders (0.25 linear ft.)

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California historical society

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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...

Paul, Almarin B.

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King, James, of William

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