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This Day in Minnesota History

February 11, 1811

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ISBN: 0873514165
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Henry Jackson is born in the state of Virginia. He would move to St. Paul in 1842 and rent a place from Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant. A trader and merchant, he would serve as the city's first postmaster and its first justice of the peace.

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First published: July 1, 2015
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