August 24 Saturday – Horatio G. Phillips (“Raish”) and Robert M. Howland (1838-1890), nephew of governor Nye, came down from Aurora to Carson City. They had several working mines and claims in the Esmeralda district. Sam met them shortly after their arrival, as they ate at Mrs. Murphy’s boarding house [Mack 132-3]. Sam later became partners in Aurora claims; Howland was to be that city’s marshal [MTB 176].
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Note from Robert Stewart: "Because the Internet is always adding new material I have more than twice traced the lineage of James Warren Nye and of Robert Muir Howland back a long ways. They did not share any blood, no matter what anyone says. The best I can do is that they were both friends with Seward."