Raynors HCA 2015-11
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/3/2015
“FORT VIGILANT,” 11” x 8-1/2’, printed conjugate leaf attached, on green wove paper, mall institutional ink stamp in lower margin, old folds, with small chips along the edges and the folds neatly repaired with tissue backing on the verso. A bit of staining on the printed side. Overall, very good. The front page displays two engraved images, both were lithographed from daguerreotypes by the influential and pioneering San Francisco photographer, Robert Vance. The upper image, captioned “Rooms of the Committee Sacramento St bet Davis & Front”, shows the formidable headquarters of the Vigilance Committee, an imposing two-story building defended by armed guards and cannons on the roof. Filled gunny sacks and another cannon guard the entrance, and ships masts can be seen in the background. The lower image captioned “Mass Meeting, Endorsing the Acts of the Vigilante Committee,”shows a scene of a crowded mass meeting that took place on June 14, 1856, attended by hundreds of citizens. Speakers address the crowd from the balcony of a building festooned with two large American flags. This letter sheet also contains the conjugate leaf, pritning the text, in three columns, of the constitution and public address of the second Vigilance Committee, which was founded in 1856 in response to the murder of newspaper publisher, James King of William. The constitution announces that the Committee of Vigilance has formed "for maintenance of the peace and good order of society - the prevention and punishment of crime - the preservation of our lives and property, and to insure that our ballot-boxes shall hereafter express the actual and unforged will of the majority of our citizens."
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