Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection contains a letter written to then Mayor Peter Staub of Knoxville, Tennessee, by a group of Knoxville citizens on May 20, 1875. The letter concerns their dissatisfaction with a new hog law in which hogs must be penned up. Staub is accused of only supporting the rich in his capacity as mayor and not looking out for the interest of the poor. In the letter, the authors threaten to burn down Staub’s home and anyone inside should the law be enforced. The post-script notes that the...