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Washington D.C. March 17th, 1860
For The Right Reverend Otey D.D. L.L.D. Bishop of Tennessee Memphis
Right Rev. Sir
A younger son of mine, an Archt residing at Montgomery, Ala. has informed me, by letter, that you contemplate having erected an Episcopal college on an extensive scale. As I have had experience in such buildings, as well as the laying out of the ground, may I respectfully ten-der my professional services? My knowledge is derived from the circumstances of having receiv-ed my professional education in Europe, although being an American citizen and my family connections in the Southern States. That the first public [fuemium?] I won was for a British college in the year 1828 and that I have ever since been extensively engaged in the erection of public buildings of magnitude and on the most approved [furiciles?], both in Europe and America, certificates of which I hold, many from high church dignitaries, as I have extensively engaged in ecclesiastical works. with many