San Francisco Committee of Vigilance collection, 1851, 1856 and undated.

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San Francisco Committee of Vigilance collection, 1851, 1856 and undated.

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Volume 1 includes blank enrollment and membership forms, invitations to Grand Ball, correspondence, list of boat captains, and petition against the Vigilance committee. Chiefly pertains to the Committee of 1856. Volume 2 contains 3 membership certificates for the Committee of 1856.

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San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851

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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...