JAMES F. CURTIS VIGILANTE

SHUMATE, Dr. Albert

Published by The San Francisco Corral of the Westerners, San Francisco, 1988

About this Item

38 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Author to California historian Doyce Nunis in ink on the front free endpaper, "For Doyce Nunis / California's great historian! / With best wishes / Al Shumate". First edition limited to 500 un-numbered copies. red cloth. 6 1/2" x 9 1/4". Three illustrations from vintage photographs, including a frontispiece portrait of General Curtis. Index. The biography of Bostonian James F. Curtis, who came to San Francisco during the Gold Rush, became a fireman and a member of the first Committee of Vigilance in 1851. Thereafter, he became San Francisco's first Chief of Police, retiring in 1858. As a Major, he joined the volunteer campaign against the Paiutes in Nevada in 1860. In the Civil War, he served in various campaigns along the Pacific Coast, and was discharged as a Brigadier General in 1866. Thereafter, he was involved in Idaho railroads and was elected Idaho's Secretary of State in 1892. He returned to Boston in 1896, where he died in 1914 at the age of 88. An As New copy, now in a custom clear mylar protective jacket. Seller Inventory # 1813

Bibliographic Details

Title: JAMES F. CURTIS VIGILANTE

Publisher: The San Francisco Corral of the Westerners, San Francisco

Publication Date: 1988

Binding: Cloth

Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: Custom Clear Mylar

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition.