Featured in this lot is this Robert H. Paul, Pima County Marshall: "Letter of Resignation from Deputy" circa 1892 and 1882 check from Hudson & Co., Bankers; Provenance: From the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum in Tombstone, Arizona. This collection includes a letter of resignation from a deputy who name is unrecognizable to R.H. Paul in 1892, and a check for Robert H. Paul in 1882. The events of the O.K. Corral and the Vengeance Ride of Wyatt Earp began with Robert Paul's involvement with an election to be sheriff of Pima County, where when he was contesting the results of his lose took a job as a stagecoach shotgun messenger and believed to be the target of assassination by Jim Crane, Harry Head, and Bill Leonard new Drew's Station outside Contention City. Robert Havlin Paul (June 12, 1830 – March 26, 1901) was a law enforcement officer in the American Southwest for more than 30 years. He was sheriff of Pima County, Arizona Territory, from April 1881 to 1886. He was also a friend of Deputy U.S. Marshall Virgil Earp and his brother Wyatt Earp. At 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) and 240 pounds (110 kg), he was described as "larger than life". Others described him as "powerful, fearless and very lucky". The condition of this resignation letter and Robert H. Paul is preserved with some serious bleeding to the ink of the letter and shows browing to both the letter and check consistent with age. The measurements of the letter are 10 7/8" x 8 1/4" and the check measures 3" x 6 3/4". TTD29 & LO90