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Arbor {illegible}

Oct 1 1860.

Dear Sir,

Please accept my thanks, for
your invitation, to attend the ceremony, of
the laying of the Corner Stone, of the prin
-cipal building, of the University of the
South, on the 10th {illegible} --

I regret much, that the situation of
my family, will prevent my being absent
from home, but sincerely desire, that every
success may attend the ceremony, and the
Institutuion. --

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Very truly

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Rt. Rev.

Bishop Otey