Early San Francisco lithographs from the John McCrakan letters [graphic]. 1850-1851.

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Early San Francisco lithographs from the John McCrakan letters [graphic]. 1850-1851.

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Two pictorial lettersheets and one pair of images of a presentation loving cup and plate. Lettersheets are 1: "Great fire in San Fransisco [sic], M@y [sic] 4th, 1850" (Baird 96a, earlier state)-- 2: "Tremendous excitement!", a view of the hangings of Samuel Whittaker and Robert McKenzie by the Vigilance Committee in 1851 (Baird 274). Annotation indicates this view was made from a daguerreotype. Item 3 (a & b) consists of two prints on a single folded sheet, one of a goblet presented to customs collector Col. James Collier, and the other of a plate presented to him; both January, 1851.

4 prints on 3 sheets : lithographs, b&w ; sheets folded to 22 x 27 cm. or smaller.

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San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851

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Wm. B. Cooke & Co.

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B.F. Butler's Lith.

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McCrackan, John L. H.

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John McCrackan was born in New Haven, Connecticut ca. 1821-1823. He may have been educated in Rochester, New York. McCrackan arrived in San Francisco aboard the ship "Balance" on November 24, 1849. Settling in that city, he practiced law, owned property (including the "Balance"), and was active in local Whig, then Independent politics. McCrackan was also a member of the Society of California Pioneers. He left San Francisco on January 16, 1854 for Connecticut and possibly a visit to Scotland, and...