Committee of Vigilance of San Francisco, organized May 15th 1856 [manuscript], ca. 1870.

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Committee of Vigilance of San Francisco, organized May 15th 1856 [manuscript], ca. 1870.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/646024291

Perhaps a draft manuscript.

1 v. (90 p.) ; 28 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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