Vault Early Papers of the University Box 1 Document 52

University Place

Nov. 1860

{illegible} Hyatt McBurney {illegible}

Charleston

{illegible},

By direction of the Executive Committee of the University of the South I have this day shipped by rail road to your house a box contg the following goods -- viz

8 Pieces Phoenix Mills Bleached Sheeting count of 296 1/2 yards

7 Pieces Huguenot {inserted: illegible} sheeting count of 265 1/2 yards.

2 pieces Burnsby{?} Bleached Sheeting count of 76{?} yards

2 pieces Brown Sheeting count of 1 3/4 yds which was returned as not being {struckthrough: opened on} unfolded or used at the celebration of laying the cornerstone of the University

of the South -- on receipt of the same, please {struckthrough: return} {inform me of the amount} {struckthough: condition? of the University} {struckthough: therefore} advise me and state the amount{?} condition{?} to the University therefore.

{at bottom, written upside down} Letter to Hyatt McBurney & Co Nov. 1860