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Re: 19th cent. Vigilance Committees
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Mon, 19 Jun 2000 14:19:11 -0400
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> 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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