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Montgomery, Alabama.

Oct'o 3. 1860.

Rt. Rev'd. & Dear Sir:

On my
return from New York I find
your polite note of invitation to
be present at the laying of the
Corner-Stone of the University of
the South. The occasion, I
am sure, will be an intensely
interesting one, and there is
nothing of a potlick{?} nature
that lies as near my heart as
the success of that Institution;
and as I feel every assurance,
that when completed, it will be
looked upon with great pride &
pleasure by all, then{?} living, who
will have had anything to do with
its erection. I regret exceedingly