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Walterboro

27th Sepr. 1860.

To

Rt. Rev. J. H. Otey D.D. }

University Place }

Tenessee }

Rt. Rev. & Dear Sir

Your note inviting me
to be present on the occasion of laying "the
Corner Stone of the principal building of
the University of the South" has been received.
I regret that it will be out of my
power to attend on an occasion so interest-
ing as the proposed ceremony must prove.
Sincerely hoping that the University may
soon be in successful operation, & prove a
blessing to the whole South --

I am

Respectfully &c.

E. R. Bellinger