Manuscript regarding vigilance committees, [before 1896].

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Manuscript regarding vigilance committees, [before 1896].

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In this manuscript, Fairchild tells the story of a hanging he witnessed in San Andreas, California in 1850. Fairchild remembers that a Chilean miner, named Joaquin, who had stabbed a man, was first tried and then hung by a vigilance committee. Fairchild also talks about life in the camp including crime, mining, and competition with other miners.

6 pages, typescript, 22 cm.

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Fairchild, Lucius, 1831-1896

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American soldier and diplomat; gov. of Wisconsin. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Madison, to W.W. Belknap, 1870 Feb. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270524371 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Madison, to the President, 1884 Feb. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270524356 Lucius Fairchild, soldier and politician, was born in Ohio in 1831. At the age of 18 he set out for California to mine for gold. He spent six years in Califor...