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SEWANEE REFERENCES IN THE REVEREND MOSLEY ASHLEY CURTIS CORRESPONDENCE

2 July 1857: Curtis to Mary (his wife) from Augusta, Ga. Bishop Davis and Brother Gregg at Kingsville.

3 July 1857: Same to same from Lookout Mt: Reached city at 5:30 and other delegates already on mountain and carriages waiting for them. Bishop, too, tired but he and Gregg went, most of it on foot. Cool and glad of thick coat. Hotels larger and better than in city.

4 July 1857: Same to same: Stand and seats in woods with beautiful view. Procession led by band. Prayers, scripture, etc., hymns, Bishop Elliott's wife at melodeon. Declaration of Independence read, remarks on flag, Star Spangled Banner. Bishop Otey's long oration. Meetings in p.m.

5 July 1857: Same to same: Clergy and bishops dined at private Chattanooga house this Sunday. Bishop Rutledge preached and Curtis read service. Curtis preached in afternoon at the Presbyterian church, the Episcopal church being closed for lack of patronage.

6 November 1857: Same to same: Going to Nashville with Gregg tomorrow (having been given free tickets). Convention to meet in Montgomery 20 November. (All Curtis' letters to his wife are in the Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill).

28 January 1860: Curtis to Asa Gray (Arnold Arboretum) Has been sick but recuperating. Will leave for Wilmington tomorrow & from there go to New Orleans if well enough where the board of trustees meets. Mary & several young ladies will go along.

13 March 1860: Same to same: Saw Ridell in New Orleans, missed Dr. Nott at Montgomery. Health much improved and a gay time. Board meeting lasted 6 days. Another 6 days spent sightseeing... went 160 miles upriver. "Wickedness & vice, however, are more open & unblushing than I have ever seen them elsewhere."

6 December 1866: Same to same: Had gone to Sewanee in October by way of South Carolina, & Georgia, returning via Knoxville, Lynchburg, 697 m. either way. Cornerstone of Tennessee marble of 6 tons destroyed... all houses burned & coins and documents stolen... one of them being the Constitution of the U.S. Bonds and title deeds safe...