Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
A sketch of the causes, operations and results of the San Francisco Vigilance Committee in 1856
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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
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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Rare Books
Image is of an empty lot, surrounded by the Vigilance Committee in formation, with bodies hanging to the left of the lot from Fort Vigilance. The view is "taken from Cor. of Davis & Commercial."--text, below image. "Pub. by Britton & Rey."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.
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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
mssVigilancecommittee
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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.
mssVigilancecommittee