The Vigilance Committee of 1856 (Registro nro. 46688)
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| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
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| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | F850.5 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | O'Meara, James, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1825-1903 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Vigilance Committee of 1856 |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2003 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
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| Media type term | computer |
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| Source | rdamedia |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2003-11-01 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Produced by David Schwan. HTML version by Al Haines. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "The Vigilance Committee of 1856" by James O'Meara is a historical account written during the mid-19th century. The book focuses on the Vigilance Committee that formed in San Francisco, examining its actions and the political climate that spurred its creation. O'Meara, a journalist with no affiliation to either the Vigilance Committee or its opposition, aims to provide an unbiased narrative that reveals the consequences of mob justice during a time of perceived lawlessness. The opening of the book sets the stage by addressing the shortcomings and biases of previous accounts of the Vigilance Committee, which were often written by supporters or members. O'Meara firmly establishes his position as an impartial observer, recounting the Committee’s emergence in response to public demand for law and order amid rampant crime and corruption. He introduces the Committee's structure, including prominent figures like William T. Coleman, and underscores the organization’s militaristic approach, detailing how it operated outside formal legal frameworks. Through his examination, O'Meara raises questions about justice, authority, and the tension between order and chaos in a rapidly growing city. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Note about original | Original publication data not identified |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856 -- History |
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| Uncontrolled term | Vigilance committees -- California -- San Francisco |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4642">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4642</a> |
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