Letter from Evan Stephens, 7 December 1893
President Woodruffe & Councilors
Dear Brethren,
Further enquiries have
been made of Bro H. G. Whitmer relative
to Madam Patti and Concert Co
appearing in our tabernacle, and as
I have recieved no reply since
conversing with you on the matter
a few weeks since, I write to
ask if you can give me a definite
reply to give them.
Her manager states their willingness
to appear in a concert for the benifit
of the tabernacle choir, they
recieving a certain percentage of
gross Reciepts, and also to make a
special programme, suited to the
building, etc. while not wishing to urge it
the choir will certainly need aid
financially from some seource before
the winter is ove[r] as a choir of
the size of ours takes a great
