Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856 papers,
- Dates:
- 1856
- Creators:
- San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856
- Abstract:
- Correspondence addressed to the Committee and a scrapbook of clippings, May - October 1856, covering the assassination of James King of William and the activities of the Committee.
Also letters, 1853-1855, to Edward McGowan, who was seized by the Committee.
Included are a few letters to Hubert Howe Bancroft relating to the Committee, and some miscellaneous notes. - Extent:
- Number of containers: 1 box and 1 volume
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856 papers, BANC MSS C-A 78, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Background
- Physical location:
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1997
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from paper by means of scanning and OCR; OCR file edited for typographical errors before encoding; finding aid encoded by Charlotte Gerstein. Date of source: Unknown.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856 papers, BANC MSS C-A 78, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481