Ebook The Tennessee Massacre and Its Causes

The circumstances which led to the giving of this lecture in the Salt Lake Theatre are as follows:

Mr. Nicholson, by special request of Bishop H. B. Clawson, delivered an address under a similar title in the Twelfth Ward Assembly Rooms, on the 14th of September, 1884. The impression created by it was such as to result in the annexed correspondence:

Salt Lake City,
September 17, 1884.

John Nicholson, Esq.,

Dear Sir: - The address delivered by you on the 14th inst, in the Twelfth Ward Assembly Rooms, on the subject of the recent massacre of "Mormon" Elders in Tennessee, and the causes which led to that fearful tragedy, having created a deep interest in the community, and a desire on the part of very many who were prevented from being present upon that occasion to hear the facts you have in your possession, we, the undersigned, being of the opinion that a more widespread understanding of the circumstances which surround this tragedy, and which led to its perpetration will be of public benefit, respectfully request that you repeat the lecture, or deliver one of a similar nature at as early a date as will be convenient to you.

Upon receiving an intimation from you that a compliance with our request will be agreeable to you, and the date that will be convenient to you to give the lecture, we will take the necessary steps to secure a larger building than the Twelfth Ward Assembly Rooms, and to give suitable notice to the public.

Very respectfully,

Wm. Jennings, Theo. Mckean, A. Miner, Francis Cope, Geo. Swan, Herber M. Wells, James Dunn, H. Dinwoodey, G. M. Ottinger, S. W. Sears, David James, G. E. Bourne, John Clark, Elias Morris, Thos. G. Webber and others.