Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Trial of David S. Terry by the Committee of Vigilance, San Francisco
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of letters and documents related to David Smith Terry's family life and judicial and political career. There are also materials related to the Terry-Broderick duel, Texas frontier life and political events before and during the Civil War, as seen chiefly in the personal correspondence between Terry, his wife and family.
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Visual Materials
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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Rare Books
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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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Rare Books
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