Revised and concise history of the Vigilance Committee of 1856 : typescript / by Number 436 an eye-witness Almarin B. Paul.

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Revised and concise history of the Vigilance Committee of 1856 : typescript / by Number 436 an eye-witness Almarin B. Paul.

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Mimeograph typescript pages pasted into folio volume. The mimeograph sheets are alleged to be corrected in the hand of Almarin Paul. The volume is also extra-illustrated by John Howell with original prints, letters, and other documents. Illustrations include a portrait of Almarin Paul; engraved representations of the shooting of newspaperman James King, of the surrender of Casey and Cora to the Vigilante Committee, and of the execution of Casey and Cora; pictures taken from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper depicting various aspects of the Vigilante Committee's course of action. Also included: the May 30, 1856 edition of the San Francisco Daily Evening News; an engraved portrait of William Tecumseh Sherman, with affixed autograph; and a copy of offprint from Annals of medical history, entitled "The sponge," by George D. Lyman, with his presentation inscription.

1 v. (47 leaves) : ill., photographs, plates ; 37 cm.

University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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