Life and adventures of a 47-er of California, 1878 [microform].

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Life and adventures of a 47-er of California, 1878 [microform].

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Experiences at Santa Barbara and La Paz in Stevenson's Regiment; gold mining on the Mokelumne; politics in early San Francisco; San Francisco land litigation; imprisonment by the Vigilance Committee.

86 leaves.

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Green, Alfred A.

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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...