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James Stuart Hung by the Vigilance Committee on Market St. Wharf, on the 11th of July 1851

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Title: James Stuart Hung by the Vigilance Committee on Market St. Wharf, on the 11th of July 1851
Date Created and/or Issued: 1851
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Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Prints and Ephemera
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image is of a multitude of men crowding the wharf and clambering over the rigging and deck of the Byron to see Stuart hanged from an improvised gibbet near the end of the wharf. There are a few spectators in small boats and some on the buildings in the background. The text below the image describes the events of July 11th, 1851. "Publ. & Lith. by Justh Quirot & Co. Calif. Corn. Montg. Sts. S.F."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.
Type: image
Format: High resolution
Extent: 1 lithograph : uncolored ; 21.8 x 27.5 cm (8 5/8 x 10 7/8 in.) overall.
Identifier: 48052:132
48794
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/23528
Language: English
Subject: California--Pictorial works
San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851
Vigilance Committees--California--San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)--History
Stuart, James
Lithographs. (aat)
Source: California letter sheets.
Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library

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