Vault Early Papers of the University Box 1 Document Cornerstone Invitation 164

Cahaba, Ala. Oct 3d 1860.

Rt Revd & Dear Sir:

Your kind note of invitation to be present on the occasion of laying the cornerstone of the principal building of the University of the South has been forwarded to me from Camden. I regret that a variety of causes, deficiency of funds among the rest, preclude the possibility of my attendance. With my humble prayers for the success of the great Church institution of the age.

I am SIncerely Your obt. Servant, Chas A Derby

Rt Revd J. H. Otey University Place Franklin County, Tenn.