[Rarebooks] San Francisco Vigilance Committee of 1856

[Bob Petrilla]

O'Meara, James. THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE OF 1856: By A Pioneer California
Journalist. San Francisco: James H. Barry, 1887. First Edition. 57pp.
Printed salmon wrappers. Small abrasion at foot of spine.  7.25" x 5" Very
Good. Original Wraps.
First Edition, with title-page date of 1887 and cover date of 1890. Howes,
US-iana II: O87. The San Francisco Committee of Vigilance was a popular ad
hoc organization formed in 1851 and revived in 1856 in response to rampant
crime and corruption in the municipal government of San Francisco.   $125.00

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