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Re: 19th cent. Vigilance Committees
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Phil Lord <[log in to unmask]>
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A LISTSERV list for discussions pertaining to New York State history." <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 21 Jun 2000 11:36:32 -0400
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I seem to recall seeing a meeting notice in a local Rensselaer County newspaper - the Sand Lake Advertiser - perhaps 20 years ago for the Anti-horseTheft Committee, which (as I understood it) was a modern civic club derved from the mid-19th century organization in the area.

Philip Lord, Jr.
Director, Division of Museum Services
New York State Museum
Albany, NY

>>> [log in to unmask] 06/19/00 02:19PM >>>
> Ian McGiver wrote:

>> Is any one on the list familiar with "vigilance committees" operating in
>> mid-nineteenth-century New York State?

I don't think anyone has suggested horse (and cattle) theft yet. There were
local anti-horse theft associations operating at this period.

Chris Densmore, University at Buffalo

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