Manuscripts
Journal and San Francisco Committee of Vigilance Membership Certificate of Sylvanus B. Marston
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San Francisco Committee of Vigilance Membership Certificate of Wellington R. Tolles
Manuscripts
This document certifies that Wellington R. Tolles is a member of "the Committee of Vigilance of the City of San Francisco and is a Member of the Washington Guard."
mssHM 83172
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Rolled item: San Francisco Committee of Vigilance 1856 membership certificate for James Ludlow
Manuscripts
The collection contains letters and documents related to individuals making charges or giving information about suspects or prisoners to the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856. It also contains completed applications for membership, lists of members and members of the executive committee, and financial documents.
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Committee of vigilance of San Francisco
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Image of a membership certificate for the Committee of Vigilance of San Francisco, California; vignettes of soldiers marching and officers on horseback in oval frames are interspersed between images of men and women symbolizing virtues like strength, bounty, patriotism, and moral power; certificate text at center.
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San Francisco Committee of Vigilance records
Manuscripts
The collection contains letters and documents related to individuals making charges or giving information about suspects or prisoners to the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856. It also contains completed applications for membership, lists of members and members of the executive committee, and financial documents. More specifically the collection contains material related to the murders of James King, the assault of Sterling Hopkins by Judge David S. Terry, abstracts from the files of the Recorders Court and Court of Sessions, showing the most important arrests by the city police, 1853 to 1856, and Report by the Grand Jury on county affairs for the term ending June 1, 1856
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Journal containing arrivals and departures of ships at San Francisco
Manuscripts
This journal contains a list of ship arrivals and departures in San Francisco from April 1 to December 31, 1874. Griffith includes some information about the ships including their cargos, days of voyage, whether or not ships are cleared, and ports of destination for those ships departing from San Francisco.
mssHM 68188
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Manuscript regarding vigilance committees
Manuscripts
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.
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