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Assassination of James King of W[illia]m by James P. Casey, San Francisco [California] May 14th, 1856

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Title: Assassination of James King of W[illia]m by James P. Casey, San Francisco [California] May 14th, 1856
Creator: Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), publisher
Date Created and/or Issued: 1856
Publication Information: Bancroft Library
Contributing Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection: Honeyman (Robert B., Jr.) - Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Includes four views depicting: assassination of James King of William, his funeral, surrender of jail, and execution of James P. Casey and Charles Cora by the Vigilance Committee. Descriptive text printed in center.
Printed title (UC). Printed (LL): Pub[lished] by Britton & Rey. Printed captions. Handwritten letter (on verso).
Type: image
Format: Print on paper: lithograph 27.7 x 42.7 cm., sheet
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf438nb5x2
BANC PIC 1963.002:0001--B
Subject: California, Northern
Criminals
Events
San Francisco (Calif.)

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