tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post8294406869002356451..comments2024-03-21T07:58:02.168-05:00Comments on Amateur Mormon Historian: John Nicholson's lecture on the Tennessee MassacreBrucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01543519825711760773noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-52536150691667577582010-01-23T08:54:27.079-06:002010-01-23T08:54:27.079-06:00Bessie,
I'm glad you enjoy it. What I find fun...Bessie,<br />I'm glad you enjoy it. What I find fun about sharing what I find is other people with a similar interest in LDS history taking what I find and looking to see if it ties into what they are looking at. It puts my work into a larger context.<br /><br />Susan,<br />Thanks for the contribution. I am new enough to Mormon history that I will often run across someone in my research and have no idea of their greater significance.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543519825711760773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-74946264026665013742010-01-22T13:57:58.524-06:002010-01-22T13:57:58.524-06:00At last--I knew one of these days you would post a...At last--I knew one of these days you would post about Nicholson. He is one of my favorite characters from this period and would be a good subject for a biography. He was a passionate defender of the Saints and IMHO deserves more attention. <br /><br />Amy, his connection would have been through the News although he may have known some of the victims personally. He gave his speech shortly before the trial of Rudger Clawson began--the Saints were beginning to feel serious heat from the federal government on plural marriage. Several months later he was arrested for unlawful cohabitation. At trial he waived his rights and testified for the prosecution so that he was convicted in short order. He gave a defiant speech at the time of his sentencing.<br /><br />He also wrote some fiery editorials during the time he acted as the News editor during Penrose's absence abroad.Susan W Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14131082650227335011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-70572261575071441112010-01-22T11:56:19.424-06:002010-01-22T11:56:19.424-06:00How very interesting. According to his journal, Jo...How very interesting. According to his journal, John Morgan missed both of these gatherings, as he traveled to other settlements. I will enjoy reading all you've gathered here, and continue to learn. Thank you for all of your work!Bessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00932924864316918530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-20242082993409921212010-01-22T08:35:31.834-06:002010-01-22T08:35:31.834-06:00As near as I could tell, Nicholson's only conn...As near as I could tell, Nicholson's only connection was his role as associate editor of the Deseret News, which explains his take on the issue.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543519825711760773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-41838951456374724942010-01-22T08:30:28.850-06:002010-01-22T08:30:28.850-06:00These lectures were undoubtedly important in the w...These lectures were undoubtedly important in the way that the Massacre was understood by the Saints in Utah. Did Nicholson have any connection to the Southern States? Had he been a missionary there? Or was he speaking on the basis of interviews and newspaper reports?Amy Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04037263182287268748noreply@blogger.com