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The first trial and execution in San Francisco on the night of 10th of June at 2 o'clock

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Title: The first trial and execution in San Francisco on the night of 10th of June at 2 o'clock
Creator: Justh & Co
Date Created and/or Issued: before 1851 June 21
Publication Information: San Francisco (Calif.): Justh & Co
Contributing Institution: California Historical Society
Collection: California lettersheet collection
Rights Information: This item is in the public domain in the United States. Permission to publish or reproduce is not required. Upon request, digitized works can be removed from public view if there are rights issues that need to be resolved.
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Description: Del. after the nature by W.C.K.
Depicts the hanging of John Jenkins, a "Sydney man," from the rafters of the San Francisco Custom House in the Plaza. A sign on the Custom House reads "Burgoyne."
Written in pencil on back: "neg no 4543 A371 B-79."
Type: image
Format: Lithographs
1 lithograph: 17 x 24 cm
Identifier: islandora:4507
Kemble-Spec-Col-09_B079
Subject: Executions and executioners
Plazas
Place: San Francisco (Calif.)
Relation: California lettersheet collection, Kemble Spec Col 09, California Historical Society

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