James Stuart hung by the Vigilance Committee on Market St. wharf, on the 11th of July 1851 : immense multitude present : 500 of the Vigilance Committee on duty at the execution

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Description

Title: James Stuart hung by the Vigilance Committee on Market St. wharf, on the 11th of July 1851 : immense multitude present : 500 of the Vigilance Committee on duty at the execution
Contributor: Justh, Quirot & Co., publisher, lithographer.
Published / Created: [1851?]
Publication Place: S.F. [San Francisco, California] and United States California San Francisco
Publisher: Publ. & lith. by Justh Quirot & Co., Calif. corn. Montg. Sts
Description: Title from caption below image.
"His confession & evidence proved him guilty of the murder of Chas. Moore, Sheriff of Yuba County, -- of the murderous assault & robbery of Mr. Jansen in this city, & of the Captain of the brig Jas. Caskie in this harbor -- of the robbery of the custom house at Monterey -- besides numerous other robberies & murders. No criminal was ever more daring or successful -- more reckless or cold blooded. He was a Sydney convict, transported for life for forgery. His last words were 'I die resigned -- my sentence is just.'"
"View taken from the storeship Byron. Foot of Market St. wharf San Francisco."
Extent: 1 print : 17 x 27 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: WA Prints 382

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Pictorial works
Lithographs
Material: black and white ;, paper, ink, and lithography
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): California
San Francisco
Subject (Name): Stuart, James, 1816-1851
San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851.
Subject (Topic): Death and burial
Hanging
Harbors
Subjects: Stuart, James, 1816-1851 > Death and burial > Pictorial works
Hanging > California > San Francisco > Pictorial works
San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851
Harbors > California > San Francisco > Pictorial works

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 15382611
Object ID (OID): 2015932