Viewing Henry Jackson -- St. Paul's First Justice of the Peace." (2012).Henry Jackson -- St. Paul's First Justice of the Peace." (2012).Henry Jackson (1811-1857) arrived in St. Paul in 1842; the next year he was appointed the city's first justice of the peace, and the year following became the first postmaster. A successful merchant, he was a fount of facts and opinions that impressed frontiersmen.
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