san Francisco Vigilance Committees of 1851 and 1856 — Self appointed law enforcement committees that were organized to maintain order in San Francisco, California, during the mid nineteenth century. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. san Francisco Vigilance Committees of 1851 … Law dictionary
Vigilance committee — A vigilance committee, in the 19th century United States, was a group of private citizens who organized themselves for self protection. The committees were established in areas where there was no local law enforcement, or where the local… … Wikipedia
Vigilance committee (trade union) — A vigilance committee is an unofficial grouping within a trade union, formed for the purpose of putting pressure on that union s leadership to pursue alternative policies or to pursue existing policies with increased vigour. Vigilance committees… … Wikipedia
Boston Vigilance Committee — was an abolitionist organization formed in Boston, Massachusetts on June 4, 1841 at the Marlboro Chapel, Hall No. 3. [http://books.google.com/books?id=xRe7QTtXaFcC pg=RA4 PA99 lpg=RA4 PA99 dq=%22boston+vigilance+committee%22 source=web ots=53 RV… … Wikipedia
Comité de vigilance de Montmartre — A barricade thrown up on March 18th, 1871. The Vigilance Committee of Montmartre (Comité de Vigilance de Montmartre) was a political association and provisional administrative organization established on the Rue de Clignancourt shortly before the … Wikipedia
1838 Mormon War — Mormon War Date August 6 – November 1, 1838 Location Northwest Missouri, United States Result Mormons stripped of property and expelled from Missouri … Wikipedia
Charles James Brenham — 2nd Mayor of San Francisco In office May 5, 1851 – December 31, 1851 Preceded by John White Geary Succeeded by Stephen Randall Harris … Wikipedia
vigilante — member of a vigilance committee, 1856, Amer.Eng., from Sp. vigilante, lit. watchman, from L. vigilantem (see VIGILANCE (Cf. vigilance)). Vigilant man in same sense is attested from 1824 in a Missouri context. Vigilance committees kept informal… … Etymology dictionary
Danite — This article is about the Mormon group. Danite can also refer to a member of the Tribe of Dan. The Danites were a fraternal organization founded by Latter Day Saint members in June 1838, in the town of Far West in Caldwell County, Missouri.… … Wikipedia
Anti Horse Thief Association — The Anti Horse Thief Association was a vigilance committee, organized at Fort Scott, Kansas, in 1859 to provide protection against marauders thriving on border warfare. It resembled other vigilance societies in organization and methods, though… … Wikipedia
Stephen Palfrey Webb — Infobox Officeholder name = Stephen Palfrey Webb caption = order = 6th office = Mayor of San Francisco term start = October 2, 1854 term end = June 30, 1855 deputy = predecessor = Cornelius Kingsland Garrison successor = James Van Ness birth date … Wikipedia
