Written on a pictorial lettersheet with a view of San Francisco in 1854 (Peters, California on Stone, No. 37), the letter tells about the city's cosmopolitan population and some of the entertainment found around the city, including a performance of Norma by Madame Bishop.
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See Joseph Armstong Baird Jr.'s California's Pictorial Letter Sheets, 1849-1869, no. 239.
Subject: Two vignettes: The first, at top, "Rooms of the Committee Sacramento St. betn. Davis & Front" shows building facades on Sacramento Street. Activities include the shoring of a bunker and gathering of ammunition. Men stand ready with cannons on the rooftops. Ship masts are in the harbor in the distance. The second illustration with caption "Mass Meeting Endorsing the Acts of the Vigilance Committe[e] June 14th" shows large crowds gathered in the streets of San Francisco
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BEIN WA Prints 402 Copy 2: Manuscript note at top: "Received Tuesday July 15, 1886.", "Noisy Carier's Book & Stationary Co."--Lower left corner., Pages [2-3] blank., and "Constitution and Address of the Vigilance Committee ... Adopted May 15th, 1856"--Page [4].
Subject: Two vignettes: The first, at top, "Rooms of the Committee Sacramento St. betn. Davis & Front" shows building facades on Sacramento Street. Activities include the shoring of a bunker and gathering of ammunition. Men stand ready with cannons on the rooftops. Ship masts are in the harbor in the distance. The second illustration with caption "Mass Meeting Endorsing the Acts of the Vigilance Committe[e] June 14th" shows large crowds gathered in the streets of San Francisco
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BEIN WA Prints 402 Copy 2: Manuscript note at top: "Received Tuesday July 15, 1886.", "Noisy Carier's Book & Stationary Co."--Lower left corner., Pages [2-3] blank., and "Constitution and Address of the Vigilance Committee ... Adopted May 15th, 1856"--Page [4].