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St. Louis Sep'r 28th 1860

Rt Rev & Dear Sir

I have just returned
from the East where I
have spent some two months
& found your letter here --

I am very much obliged
to you for your kind invi-
tation to be present at the
laying of the Corner Stone
of the "University of the
South" & would cheerfully
attend, had I not been so
long absent from my Pa.
{illegible} & it is very important
for me just now to be
at home --

-- I can assure you
of my hearty sympathy
in the great work you
have undertaken in