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- Creator:
- Justh, Quirot & Co.
- Published / Created:
- [August, 1851]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 386
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Pictorial lettersheet view of crowd watching hangings carried out by the first (San Francisco) vigilance committee of 1851
- Alternative Title:
- Samuel Whittaker and Robert McKenzie rescued from the authorities
- Description:
- Title from text printed below image.
- Publisher:
- Justh, Quirot & Co.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California, San Francisco, and San Francisco.
- Subject (Name):
- San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851 and San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851.
- Subject (Topic):
- Hanging, Lynching, Vigilance committees, Hangings (Executions), and Lynchings
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tremendous excitement! : Samuel Whittaker and Robert McKenzie rescued from the authorities and hung by the vigilance committee on Sunday, August 24th at 3 o'clock p.m. in the presence of fifteen thousand people
