Photograph circa 1886 of Henry N. Blake and his wife. Photograph taken by L.S. Hazeltine, Virginia City, Montana. It is signed on the back by him. I have compared signature to a letter I have signed by him on his stationary at the time. Blake was an Associate Justice of Montana Territory for four and 1/2 years appointed by President Grant serving from 1875 until 1885 . He became the Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court from 1889-1893. He continued to be a prominent attorney in Virginia City before and after his service on the Territorial and State Supreme Court. He also worked as a newspaper editor of the MONTANA POST in early days prior to Supreme Court services. He died in 1935 at age 97 in Boston, Massachusetts. I have the 1887 original of Blake's Virginia City License as an attorney. It is signed by George Gohn who was a butcher, member of the Madison County government and former member of the Montana Vigilantes in the 1860s.
