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Hon. Hugh C. Murray, late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, State of California

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Title: Hon. Hugh C. Murray, late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, State of California
Contributor: Nagel, L. (Louis)
Date Created and/or Issued: [1857?]
Publication Information: San Francisco, Calif. : Lith. print of L. Nagel
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Waist-length portrait.
1990-1692.
Born in St. Louis Missouri in 1825. Parents emigrated to the U.S. from Scotland. Served in the war with Mexico in 1847. Came to California in 1849 via Isthmus, settling in San Francisco. Practiced law, served on the ayuntamiento or town council, became judge in 1850. Appointed to Supreme Court of California, eventually becoming Chief Justice. Died in 1857.
Have 2 copies.
Type: image
Format: Portraits.
Pictorial works.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent: 1 print : lithograph ; oval image 18 3/4 x 15 in.
Identifier: (C)001490605CSL01-Aleph
Language: English
Subject: Murray, Hugh C., 1825-1857--Portraits
California. Supreme Court--Biography--Portraits
Scottish Americans--California--San Francisco--Portraits
Pioneers--California--San Francisco
Lawyers--California--San Francisco
Supreme Court justices--California
Judges--California--San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)--Pictorial works
United States--History--1846-1848--Veterans--Portraits
Prints
Lithographs
Time Period: 1846-1848
Place: California
San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)
United States

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