First let me say Wow! Thank you Michael for your response! I was sort of getting tidbits if what you stated in my research, but nothing as concise & to the point as your post. Thank you, - its funny - it seems that in some of the earlier literature that I have found the authors still wanted to beat around the bush and not state what some of these organizations were... Even several years later.
David, I have tried many variations on the Bruce - still not sure - thank you for the Guess.
A.G.B That Michael stated may be correct - I am wondering if the name is not A.G. Brice - A Louisiana Judge during this period. I am not sure and have not researched enough because of the "Holiday"
... Not sure why he would have been in Washington DC either.
The reason I think "Brice" is check out the second word written in the letter - it is
"arrived" and is very similar to the Mystery Name..
Shawn