SAN FRANCISCO VIGILANCE COMMITTEE OF '56, WITH SOME INTERESTING SKETCHES OF EVENTS SUCCEEDING 1846.

San Francisco: Barry, Baird & Co., 1883. Original printed wrappers, stitched, 83pp. Light wear, Very Good.

"Prefaced by a review of the state of society in San Francisco from 1846. Accounts of both Vigilance committees are given, drawn principally from the contemporary press. The author has ventured neither praise nor prejudice, and his work is a concise though brief history of these tribunals." Cowan. Smith describes San Francisco in 1846, "a small trading village, for the accommodation of a few individuals;" and its transformation by the Gold Rush. With vivid descriptions of the Vigilance Committee's mode of administering justice.
FIRST EDITION. Cowan 593. 4 Soliday 143. 115 Eberstadt 251. 37 Decker 54. Jones, Adventures in Americana 1625. Item #27674

Price: $150.00

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