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Letters: October 3, 1861

Bishop Elliott, Savannah, Ga., to Bishop Polk, re: commending him for the part he
is taking in the military field-the victories of Springfield and Lexington and the
progress in Kentucky; comments and news of the Elliott and Polk families;
accounts of the Commissioners of the University, asking him, if possible under his
difficult circumstances, to write him on the subject; enclosure of a letter from John
H. Porter who is now in Savannah acting as Captain's clerk on board a
Confederate steamer. 4 pp. (1 mss. original and 1 typed copy).