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Show Copy. <br> Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. of America <br> 53 Fifth Av. New York. <br><br> August 26th, 1895. <br><br> Rev. Sheldon Jackson, D.D., <br> Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Education, <br> Washington, D. C. <br><br> Dear Dr. Jackson:- <br> You will be interested to know that the Congregationalists are determined to head us off in the college enterprise in Salt Lake City. By a very strong representation they have secured an offer of $50,000.00 (presumably from D. K. Pierson of Chicago, that generous Presbyterian) on condition that they raise $150.000. more. They came at us last June, expressing the strongest indignation that w should be bold enough to think of establishing a college in Salt Lake City. They claim precedence in every respect. <br><br> We invited them to confer and Dr. Hamilton, secretary of their Board in Boston, together with Dr. Little and another one of their prominent pastors and Dr. Stimson, the successor of Dr. Taylor in this City, met us by appointment in our office. Dr. Bliss also, formerly secretary of the New West Educational Society, came with them. Drs. Hamilton and Bliss each had exhaustive, carefully <br><br> |
