Featured in this lot is this rare Posse Comitatus document for "Buckskin" Nashville Franklyn Leslie circa 1881; Provenance: From the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum in Tombstone, Arizona. The document features a hand written swearing in document of Posse Comitatus written by Sheriff John Behan (signed with signature) for "Buckskin" Frank Leslie (also signed with his signature). Buckskin Franklyn Leslie (March 18, 1842 – after 1920) was a U.S. Army scout, gambler, bartender, rancher, miner, gunfighter, and con-man. He was known for his fringed buckskin jacket. He became well-known in Tombstone, Arizona, for killing two men in self-defense. He married the widow of one of his victims eight days after killing her husband. Following their divorce, Leslie later shot and killed a woman he lived with at his ranch while drunk and in a fit of jealousy. He was sentenced to life in prison, but only served six years before he was pardoned. He was last listed in the U.S. Federal Census on January 27, 1920 in Sausalito, California. No public records of him have been found after this date, and it is not known when he died. The condition of this Official Recorder's Office Notice is preserved with some browning to the page consistent with the age and some slight tears to the page but otherwise shows a preserved condition. The measurements of this page is 12 1/4" x 7 3/4". TTD232