The Catholics in Dorr wanted a priest and have one in their midst. Byron and Salem were to concur. Earlier three churches were built in Dorr, Byron and Salem and a rift developed. First under Father Martin Marco and then under Father Ferdinand Allgayer, the proposition was made for the one church on the land of Mathias Herick in Dorr. The parish in Dorr agreed with the bishop; Salem and Byron did not. Thereupon the bishop through Allgayer made it known that the central church in Dorr would be the parish church and the other two would not be continued as churches. Byron and Salem were to belong to Dorr and be one church. Salem urged people to delay the building of a church. Allgayer knew all these delays; he saw the welfare of all. They ask the bishop to promote the good of all and send a reply to Hansen at Byron, churchwarden in Dorr. :: III-2-k A.L.S. German 3pp. Folio