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POLK Letters : September 6, 1860

1860,
Sept. 6

R. T. Scott, Scottsborough, Ala., to Bishop Polk, re: recalling their acquaintance
in Raleigh and his meeting with his brother, Lucius in Nashville; giving details of
his situation in Alabama and his dissatisfaction; his desire to settle in Sewanee
and his wish to purchase land and bring his machinery to continue his life's work
as a lumber man; giving his reasons for wanting to settle in Swanee as a wish to
be in a community of refinement. 2 pp.