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Committee of vigilance of San Francisco

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1856
Call number: priJLC_POL_002853
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

Journal and San Francisco Committee of Vigilance Membership Certificate of Sylvanus B. Marston

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The journal, which contains 57 pages, covers the entire voyage from Bangor to San Francisco. It includes descriptions of the weather, ocean conditions, and other ships the Cantero encountered along the passage. Marston describes his stays at Santa Catarina Island (Brazil) and Valparìso (Chile), including details about the people he met, the food he ate and the churches and places he visited. The journal contains two songs, written by a passenger on board, about going to California in search of gold. The certificate for Marston's membership in the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance measures 51 x 38 cm.

mssHM 56797, HM 63329

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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

mssVigilancecommittee

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Ak-Sar-Ben Brand

Visual Materials

Image of two profile portraits of Marks brothers in oval frames with orange branch and blossoms in background.

ephJLC_CIT_000011

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Ak-Sar-Ben Brand

Visual Materials

Image of two profile portraits of Marks brothers in oval frames with orange branch and blossoms in background.

ephJLC_CIT_000012

The Barnum Bailey greatest show on Earth

Visual Materials

Image of head-and-shoulder portraits of P.T. Barnum and J.A. Bailey with a branch with leaves and berries separating the oval frames.

priJLC_ENT_000058

Execution of Casey & Cora, by the San Francisco Vigilance Committee May 22nd 1856

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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.

48052:114

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