Before submitting this case to the Postmaster General, I have to request the favor of any information you may possess, or be able conveniently to obtain, respecting it.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully, &c.
Horatio King,
First Assistant Postmaster General.
Hon. A. C. Dodge,
U. S. Senator.
Endorsed:
(Private)
Dear Friend:
Please enquire into the matter herein referred to & let me know the result & greatly oblige,
Truly your friend,
A. C. Dodge.
S. W. Durham, Esq.
Dr. S. M. Brice was located in Center Point about 1840-41, going there from Cedar Rapids. He remained but a short time. Dr. Brice was a whig in politics, and Center Point had always been strongly democratic. He was the first postmaster of the village.