History of Linn County Iowa: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time [1911]Brewer, Luther Albertus
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History of Linn County Iowa: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time [1911]
Brewer, Luther Albertus
Linn County (Iowa) -- Biography; Linn County (Iowa) -- History; Registers of births, etc. -- Iowa -- Linn County
Ivanhoe P. O.: Robt. Smythe, Mr. Bunker, Dan'l Hahn, Henry
Kepler, And. J. McKean, J. Briney, ---- Hoover, Hersia
Moore, And. R. Sausman, A. I. Willits, C. C. Haskins, ----
Cook, Jos. Robeson, Dr. Jno. Evans, John Stewart, ----
Mason, Thos. McLelland.
St. Julian P. O.: And. Safely, Esq., (Co. Com.), ----
McShane, Jas. Scott, Preston Scott, Jno. Scott, Jos. Conway,
Geo. Hunter, David McCall, John Emmons.
Hollenback P. O.: Edward Railsback, Jno. Cue, Doctor
Williams, Dan'l Richards, Thomas Lewis, Geo. Slonecker,
Lawrence Hollenback.
Cedar Rapids P. O.: Jos. Greene, Jno. L. Shearer, C. R.
Mulford, Jno. Hunter, Esq., Joel Leverich, ---- Klump, E. T.
Lewis, N. B. Brown, David W. King, Jason C. Bartholomew,
Stephen L. Pollock, ---- Nelson, Dr. Ely, Jno. Weare, Sen.,
Jos. McKee, Thos. Railsback, Abel Eddy, Mr. Simms.
Post Office Department
Appointment Office, Aug. 9, 1854.
Sir:
S. M. Brice, the Postmaster at Center Point, County of Linn,
State of Iowa, is said not to have deserved the appointment.
The late P. M. recommends George Melton.
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.
The objections set out in the letter must have been political for he
was considered a wide-awake and estimable man in every particular.
Post Office Department,
Appointment Office, July 22, 1854.
Sir:
A. P. Risley, the Postmaster at Springville, County of Linn,
State of Iowa, with 58 citizens, recommends the change of
site and name of the office to Lindon.
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, etc.,
HORATIO KING,
First Assistant Postmaster General.
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