(San Francisco) San Francisco Cal. 20 Jun, cds ties 10¢ green (15) on blue folded letter datelined "San Fco June 19/1856" to Philadelphia Pa., letter with excellent content concerning the 1856 vigilance committee, "…our city is in an unsettled condition & the Governor has declared us in a state of insurrection & is enlisting troop to put down the vigilance collection of mostly minte but does not make much head way his cause Law & Order or Murder as it is called not being very popular he having up to the present only 500 men whilst the V. C. have over 6,000 men. I do not apprehend a collision although some do but it would be madness to attack the V.C. you well get full accounts from the papers of such damages shocking bad for business…"; file fold creases 10¢, some light toning, Fine and rare vigilance committee letter. Estimate  $500 - 750. The San Francisco Committee of Vigilance was a popular ad hoc organization formed in 1851 and revived on May 14, 1856 in response to rampant crime and corruption in the municipal government of San Francisco, California. $0 (Image)