Vault Early Papers of the University Box 1 Document Cornerstone Invitation 31

Van Buren Arkansas Septm 27. 1860

Rt Revd & Dear Sir

I am just in receipt of your invitation to the laying of the corner stone of the Unvs: of the South. It would indeed afford me great pleasure in being present and I would certainly avail myself of your considerate invitation were not the Arkansas river so extremely low that travelling is not only uncertain but next to impossible

I remain Dear Sir Your obedt Servant William B[ines?]

Rt Revd J. H. Otey Tennessee