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A sketch of the causes, operations and results of the San Francisco Vigilance Committee in 1856

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    San Francisco Committee of Vigilance records

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    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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    Rolled item: San Francisco Committee of Vigilance 1856 membership certificate for James Ludlow

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