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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
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Date
©1856
Call number
priJLC_POL_002853
Creator
Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Associated people
Baillie, James S., (active 1838-1855.)
Baker, Joseph E., (approximately 1837-1914.)
Ball, W. (approximately 1747-1815.)
Barralet, John James, (1826-1901.)
Bates, J. H. (1837-1913.)
Beard, James Carter, (-1874.)
Bergner, George, (approximately 1828-1872 or 1873.)
Bigot, Alphonse, (approximately 1823-1896.)
Bisbee, Eugene S. (approximately 1791-)
Bouclet, Francis. (1810-1896.)
Brady, Mathew B., (1821-1893.)
Brightly, Henry A., (approximately 1828-)
Brown, Mannevillette Elihu Dearing, (1811-1893.)
Bruns, Wm. (1819-1896.)
Buttre, John Chester, (1813-)
Cameron, John, (1802-1848.)
Carusi, Samuel. (1843-1895.)
Casilear, John William, (1824-)
Crosby, Charles H., (1811-1889.)
D'Avignon, Francis, (active 1870-1880.)
Dunlap, T. (1789-1851.)
Earle, J. S. (1801-1846.)
Endicott, George, (active 1867-1868.)
Feusier, A. (1823-1907.)
Frizzell, S. S. (1820-)
Geddes, William F. (1833-1921.)
Grebner, Charles. (1832-1932.)
Haehnlen, Jacob, (1829-1895)
Hageboeck, August. (1839-1890.)
Hanks, S. W. (1802-1864.)
Hart, Chas. (1818-1878.)
Henderson, John N. (1809-1864.)
Hill, Isaac, (1822-1893.)
Inman, Henry, (-1850.)
Kelly, Thos., (1808-1897.)
Kramer, Peter, (1761-1817.)
Kuchel, Charles Conrad, (approximately 1805-1881.)
Kurz, Louis, (active approximately 1860-1870.)
Lewis, Charles E. (1755-1828.)
Maurer, Louis, (1783-1872.)
Momberger, William, (1803-1889.)
Morgan, Matthew Somerville,
Morris, George Pope,
Nahl, Charles Christian,
Needham, Dwight.
Newsam, Albert,
Perry, Geo. T.
Porter, James
Pratt, W. H.
Robinson, Henry R.,
Sartain, John,
Savage, Edward,
Sinclair, Thomas S.,
Smith, John,
Smith, William,
Stuart, Gilbert,
Sully, Thomas,
Wagner, T. S.
Weir, Robert Walter,
Wiest, D.
Associated organizations
A. Hoen & Co.
A.L. Bancroft & Company.
Albert Type Printing Co.
Bingham & Dodd.
Britton & Rey.
Calvert Lithographing Co. (Detroit, Mich.)
Childs & Inman.
Currier & Ives.
Drew, Bisbee & Spear.
Eckstein & Porr.
Edward Weber & Co.
Elliot & White.
Endicott & Swett.
F. Myers & Co.
Frank Leslie's Publishing House.
H.C. Tunison (Firm)
Hatch & Co.
Hatch Lith. Co.
J.H. Bufford's Lith.
J.H. Bufford's Sons Lith.
J.W. Sheehy & Co.
Kellogg & Comstock.
Kimmel & Forster.
Kurz & Allison.
Lehman & Duval Lithrs.
Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann.
McLoughlin Bros.
Meichel & Plumly.
N. Currier (Firm)
New England Lithographic Co.
New York Lithographing and Engraving Co.
P.J. Hitchins and Comp.
P.S. Duval & Son.
Sowle & Shaw.
Strobridge & Co. Lith.
T. Sinclair's Lith.
W.H. Morgan & Son.
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