San Francisco Vigilance Committee of '56
San Francisco Vigilance Committee of '56

Author: Frank Meriweather Smith

Publisher:

Published: 1883

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13:

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Brief history of San Francisco and its response to lawless conditions. In 1851, the citizens formed a Vigilance Committee to rid the city of criminals. It tried and hung murderers. Again in 1856, stimulated by the murder of James King of William, citizens formed another Vigilance Committee. This Committee tried and hung murders, forced many crimiinals to leave, and confronted state authority before disbanding.

History of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851
History of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851

Author: Mary Floyd Williams

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2019-03-11

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 9780530860138

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History of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851
History of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851

Author: Mary Floyd Williams

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-24

Total Pages: 567

ISBN-13: 9781330330166

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Excerpt from History of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851: A Study The Records for June; James Stuart, Outlaw; On the Trail op Stuart's Companions; Adventures in Crime; Politics and Reorganization; The Closing Months; A Summary op Methods; '51 To 77; Lynch Law as a National Problem; In Retrospect; Biographical Notes; Documentary Appendix; Bibliography;Index List Of Illustrations Medal op Committee of Vigilance of 1856; Portrait of William T. Coleman; Portrait of Samuel Brannan; Facsimile of Proclamation by Governor John McDougal Relative to the Committee of Vigilance of 1851 About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Committee of Vigilance
The Committee of Vigilance

Author: Steven C. Levi

Publisher: Academica PressLlc

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 9781933146799

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Discusses and analyzes the rise and fall of the last of the old western vigilance committees - and the rise of the first modern American committee devoted to ferreting out 'Un- American activities' among the laboring poor, union leaders, progressive politicians and social activists.