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POLK Letters: June 18, 1857

1857,
June 18

Bishop Polk, Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Bishop Elliot, re; reporting his
arrival in Chattanooga, his visit to Lookout Mountain, having left Bishop Otey
in Beersheba Springs where he is preparing his address for the meeting on the
4th of July; giving his itinerary’ telling of the city’s plans to have carriages and
other conveyances on hand to to take the Bishop’s {sic} and delegates and trustees to
the top of the mountain for the meeting; the expectations of large numbers
from the surrounding area to be present; reports on the N.C. Convention and
their appointments of trustees, the sum of $25,000 promised by one of the
appointees, Dr. Warren; Bishop Otey’s suggestion that Bishop Elliott appoint
trustees and delegates without delay as they would exceedingly regret to have
Georgia underrepresented. 4 pp. (1 mms. original, 1 typed copy , and 1
Photostat copy.)