Vault Early Papers of the University Box 1 Document Cornerstone Invitation 79

Murfreesboro Oct. 4th 1860. Revd. Jas. H. Otey, Chairman &c.

Sir,

I thank your Committee for their invitation to attend the laying of the Corner Stone of the principal building of the University of the South, on the 10th Instant, and regret that it will be inconvenient for me to be present on so interesting an occasion.

I embrace the opportunity to express the deep interest I feel in your great and good enterprise. It deserves, and I hope will be crowned with the highest success. The wants of the South

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