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Very Interesting Helena, Montano Territorial Corner Cover from US Marshall Neil Howie

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Very Interesting Helena, Montano Territorial Corner Cover from US Marshall Neil Howie
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This cover has a lot going to it. From the US Marshall. Documenting bankruptcy notice for Parsons(?). Originally sent to Jefferson Bridge (post office open from 1866 to 1870). Forwarded back to Helena. Legal size envelope.



Howie was a rather interesting US Marshall. In April of 1864, Robert C. Knox, Sheriff of Madison County, appointed Howie a Deputy Sheriff. Later that summer Howie became the first popularly elected Sheriff of the county. Even though Howie was now officially "The Law", he still meted out a swifter form of justice with the boys of the committee. In his March 24, 1865 diary entry, Howie writes:"According to programme last night, a party of us went up a mile & a half to give a man by the name of Tweed 50 lashes ... he shed some tears while receiving his sentence ... The boys gave him 10 days to leave; the time was up last night, if he don't leave in 5 days ... he is to get 100, then if he don't leave, to be hung."



Howie was appointed as one of the first Deputy U.S. Marshals of Montana Territory in July 1865. A year and a half on the job, Howie secured the appointment as Marshal. [usmarshalls.gov]

City: Helena State: Montana Date: 1869 ID: 36810