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Judge David S. Terry, stabbing S.A. Hopkins, of the vigilance committee, San Francisco, Cal., 1856 – Antique Wall Art

Judge David S. Terry, stabbing S.A. Hopkins, of the vigilance committee, San Francisco, Cal., 1856, [no date recorded on caption card] — antique engraving
Judge David S. Terry, stabbing S.A. Hopkins, of the vigilance committee, San Francisco, Cal., 1856, [no date recorded on caption card]. Antique engraving from the San Francisco collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This antique engraving of Judge David S. Terry, stabbing S.A. Hopkins, of the vigilance committee, San Francisco, Cal., 1856 brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Judge David S. Terry, stabbing S.A. Hopkins, of the vigilance committee, San Francisco, Cal., 1856

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Judge David S. Terry, then chief justice of the California Supreme Court, stabbed S.A. Hopkins, a member of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance, in 1856. The engraving records that clash between the courts and the vigilantes, a self-appointed citizens' body that held prisoners and tried suspects outside the regular legal system while the city's government was weak and corrupt. Terry's violent encounter with a committee member made the conflict between the two sides a national story. The caption card gives no date, so the 1856 date in the title is the best guide.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 print : engraving.
SubjectsThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Law; Violence; B.I. (2); Geogr.; California--History--1856.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,177 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-144236

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